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Correlation between cataleptic freezing and prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex in rats.
Neuroscience and behavioral physiology - 1 May 2004
Barykina N N, Alekhina T A, Chugui V F, Petrenko O I, Popova N K, Kolpakov V G
Abstract excerpt
GC rats, bred for a predisposition to cataleptic freezing, were found to show a significant negative correlation between the duration of freezing and the level of prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex. In addition, a group of GC rats characterized by increased "nervousness" also showed a negative correlation between the duration of freezing and the extent of habituation of the startle reflex. These...
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