Sound exposure accelerates reflex emergence and development in young rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 391-397

  So, Edmund Cheung ^a,b,c   Chen, Ying Hui ^a   Huang, Chieh Yu ^d   Chen, Jen Yin ^a   Huang, Bu Miin ^d   Poon, Paul Wai Fung ^d  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Early sound exposure; Neonatal rat; Reflex development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUID INTAKE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RAT; REFLEX; RIGHTING REFLEX; STARTLE REFLEX; VIDEORECORDING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; VIDEO RECORDING; WATER;

EID: 74849090102     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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