Disrupted startle modulation in animal models for affective disorders

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-390

  Bijlsma, E Y ^a   Oosting, R S ^a   Olivier, B ^a   Groenink, L ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Affective startle modulation; Animal models; Light enhanced startle; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUNTED AFFECT; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FOOTSHOCK; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROSHOCK; EMOTIONS; LIGHT; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL INHIBITION; OLFACTORY BULB; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 77249165466     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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