Translational value of startle modulations

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 287-295

  Fendt, Markus ^a   Koch, Michael ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Endophenotypes; Fear; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AVERSION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REFLEX; ANIMAL; ANXIETY DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; FEAR; GENETICS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RAT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEAR; HUMANS; MICE; RATS; REFLEX, STARTLE; RISK FACTORS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84885588503     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-013-1599-5     Document Type: Review

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