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Independent genetic loci for sensorimotor gating and attentional performance in BXD recombinant inbred strains.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Mar 2012
Loos M, Staal J, Pattij T, Smit A B, Spijker S
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A startle reflex in response to an intense acoustic stimulus is inhibited when a barely detectable pulse precedes the startle stimulus by 30-500 ms. It has been theorized that this phenomenon, named prepulse inhibition (PPI) of a startle response, is an automatic early-stage gating process contributing to the ability to focus attention. Deficits in PPI may therefore contribute to deficits in attentional...
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