A Quantitative Trait Locus Influencing Anxiety in the Laboratory Rat

Alberto Fernández-Teruel, Rosa M. Escorihuela, Jeffrey A. Gray, Raúl Aguilar, Luis Gil et al.

Genome Research • 2002

Acoustic Startle Response

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Objective: A test measuring reflexive startle response to acoustic stimuli in rats

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Rats were tested for reflexive startle response to acoustic stimuli as part of a battery of animal models of anxiety

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Note: This test was one of multiple behavioral tests conducted; the QTL did not influence acoustic startle response

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“The QTL influences two-way active avoidance, conditioned fear, elevated plus maze, and open field activity but not acoustic startle response”