LATENCY AND AMPLITUDE CHANGES IN ACOUSTIC STARTLE REFLEX OF RAT PRODUCES BY VARIATION IN AUDITORY PRESTIMULATION
LATENCY AND AMPLITUDE CHANGES IN ACOUSTIC STARTLE REFLEX OF RAT PRODUCES BY VARIATION IN AUDITORY PRESTIMULATION
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DOI:
10.1016/0031-9384(73)90185-6
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发表时间:
1973-01-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
HAMMOND, GR
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作者:
ISON, JR;MCADAM, DW;HAMMOND, GR
Two experiments investigated the effect of an auditory prestimulus (S1) on the amplitude and latency of the startle reflex to an intense tone burst (S2). In the first, with a fixed S1intensity, with very short (<15 msec) ISIs reflex amplitudes were increased and latencies reduced by S1presence and with longer intervals (⩾40 msec) amplitudes were reduced and latencies increased. Inhibition was apparent on the amplitude measure at lag times ineffective in altering the latency measure. In the second, with a fixed and long S1duration reflex amplitudes increased with an increase in S1intensity up to moderate (≈75 db) levels, but further increases in S1produced a reduction in amplitudes. However any increase in S1intensity over the minimum value tested (60 db) resulted in an increment in reflex latency. These experiments reveal the presence of three separable influences of auditory prestimuli on the acoustic startle reflex in the rat.