Age-related decline in auditory plasticity: Experience dependent changes in gap detection as measured by prepulse inhibition in young and aged rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 370-380

  Swetter, Brentt J ^a   Fitch, R Holly ^a   Markus, Etan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Perception; Startle; Startle attenuation; Startle facilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FISCHER 344 RAT; HEARING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REFLEX, STARTLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953800074     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019519     Document Type: Article

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