Optimization of a contextual conditioning protocol for rats using combined measurements of startle amplitude and freezing: The effects of shock intensity and different types of conditioning

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 305-311

  Luyten, Laura ^a   Vansteenwegen Debora, D ^b   van Kuyck, Kris ^a   Deckers, Dries ^a   Nuttin, Bart ^a,c  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Contextual conditioning; Fear; Freezing; Rat; Shock intensity; Startle amplitude

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONDITIONING; FEAR; FREEZING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SHOCK; STARTLE REFLEX; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROSHOCK; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650511388     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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