Startle Response

J. R. Fetcho; D. L. McLean

doi:10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01973-2

Startle Response

J. R. Fetcho^*, D. L. McLean

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Neurobiology

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Abstract

The startle response is a fundamental sensorimotor response in animals that is a fast, protective response often used to avoid predators. The circuits are simple and fast, with large neurons, which has allowed studies of neurons in startle networks to provide fundamental insights into the cellular and synaptic biology of the nervous system. The plasticity of the startle response and its disruption in disease states with broad neuropsychiatric consequences have made it a model system for studies of the neuronal generation of behavior and its disruption and treatment during disease.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Neuroscience
Publisher	Elsevier Ltd
Pages	375-379
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9780080450469
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01973-2
State	Published - Jan 1 2009

Keywords

Caudal pontine reticular nucleus
Crayfish
Escape
Giant neuron
Goldfish
Hyperekplexia
Mauthner cell
Neuromodulatory systems
Prepulse inhibition
Sensorimotor processing
Squid giant axon

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