Differences in response to an acoustic startle stimulus among forty-six rat strains.

doi:10.1007/BF01067931

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Differences in response to an acoustic startle stimulus among forty-six rat strains.

Behavior genetics - 1 Jan 1994

Glowa J R, Hansen C T

Abstract excerpt

The startle response to intense environmental stimuli is found in most, if not all, animal species. Previous studies have shown that selected rodent strains differ in startle response to an acoustic stimulus, suggesting genetic variability. The current experiment was designed to extend these diff...

Topics

Acoustic Stimulation
Animals
Arousal
Female
Habituation, Psychophysiologic
Male
Phenotype
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Reaction Time
Reflex, Startle
Species Specificity

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