Habituation of the acoustic and the tactile startle responses in mice: Two independent sensory processes

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 975-983

  Pilz, Peter K D ^a   Carl, Thomas D ^a,b   Plappert, Claudia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SOUND PRESSURE; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED DBA; STARTLE REACTION; TOUCH;

EID: 5144231494     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.118.5.975     Document Type: Article

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