Origin and function of short-latency inputs to the neural substrates underlying the acoustic startle reflex

Origin and function of short-latency inputs to the neural substrates underlying the acoustic startle reflex

The acoustic startle reflex (ASR) is a survival mechanism of alarm, which rapidly alerts the organism to a sudden loud auditory stimulus. In rats, the primary ASR circuit encompasses three serially connected structures: cochlear root neurons (CRNs), neurons in the caudal pontine reticular nucleus (P...

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Main Authors: Ricardo eGómez-Nieto, José de Anchieta C Horta Junior, Orlando eCastellano, Lymarie eMillian-Morell, Maria E Rubio, Dolores E López García
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
rat
behaviour
extracellular recordings
pontine reticular formation
Alertness system
binaural summation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00216/full

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