Auditory sensitivity of larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) measured using a behavioral prepulse inhibition assay

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 3504-3513

  Bhandiwad, Ashwin A ^a   Zeddies, David G ^b   Raible, David W ^a   Rubel, Edwin W ^a   Sisneros, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JASCO Applied Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing; Lateral line; Sensorimotor; Startle response

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING TEST; LARVA; LATERAL LINE; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORIMOTOR; SOUND DETECTION; STARTLE REFLEX; TIME; ZEBRA FISH;

HEARING; LATERAL LINE; SENSORIMOTOR; STARTLE RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; LARVA; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MALE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84883197279     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.087635     Document Type: Article

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