Effects of estrous stage and time of day on prepulse inhibition in female rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-298

  Adams, Amber L ^a   Hudson, Amanda ^a   Ryan, Catherine L ^a   Doucette, Tracy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Light dark phase; Prepulse inhibition; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIGHT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48049110710     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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