Repeated elicitation of the acoustic startle reflex leads to sensitisation in subsequent avoidance behaviour and induces fear conditioning

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Götz, Thomas ^a   Janik, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; NONHUMAN; SEAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; MOTIVATION; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MOTIVATION; REFLEX; SEALS, EARLESS; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 79953862855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-12-30     Document Type: Article

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