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Strain-dependent changes in acoustic startle response and its plasticity across adolescence in mice.
Behavior genetics - 1 Nov 2009
Pietropaolo Susanna, Crusio Wim E
Abstract excerpt
Acoustic startle response and its plasticity, e.g., habituation and prepulse inhibition (PPI), have been extensively investigated, being altered in several neuropsychiatric disorders. Yet, little is known about the expression of startle-related behaviors during adolescence, a critical phase in the development of a variety of major neuropsychiatric pathologies. The present study investigated for the first time...
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