The gap-startle paradigm for tinnitus screening in animal models: Limitations and optimization

Hearing Research

Volumn 295, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-160

  Lobarinas, Edward ^a   Hayes, Sarah H ^a   Allman, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; GAP STARTLE PARADIGM; HABITUATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; TINNITUS; VALIDITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; MALE; NOISE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REACTION; TINNITUS;

EID: 84871964824     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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