Startle Reaction - Genetics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Linking genetically defined neurons to behavior through a broadly applicable silencing allele.

11 Aug 2009 Tools for suppressing synaptic transmission gain power when able to target highly selective neuron subtypes, thereby sharpening attainable links between neuron type, behavior, and disease; and when able to silence most any neuron subtype, thereby ... Read more...

Behavioral abnormalities in synapsin II knockout mice implicate a causal factor in schizophrenia.

30 Jul 2009 Recent studies on the phosphoprotein synapsin II have revealed reduced expression in postmortem medial prefrontal cortex tissues from subjects with schizophrenia, and chronic antipsychotic drug treatment has resulted in concurrent increases in ... Read more...

Serotonergic hyperinnervation and effective serotonin blockade in an FGF receptor developmental model of psychosis.

29 Jun 2009 The role of fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR) in normal brain development has been well-documented in transgenic and knock-out mouse models. Changes in FGF and its receptors have also been observed in schizophrenia and related developmental ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Startle Reaction - Genetics'

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• Linking genetically defined neurons to behavior through a broadly applicable silencing allele. 11 Aug 2009
• Behavioral abnormalities in synapsin II knockout mice implicate a causal factor in schizophrenia. 30 Jul 2009
• Serotonergic hyperinnervation and effective serotonin blockade in an FGF receptor developmental model of psychosis. 29 Jun 2009
• Mice with altered myelin proteolipid protein gene expression display cognitive deficits accompanied by abnormal neuron-glia interactions and decreased conduction velocities. 29 Jun 2009
• Sensorimotor gating depends on polymorphisms of the serotonin-2A receptor and catechol-O-methyltransferase, but not on neuregulin-1 Arg38Gln genotype: a replication study. 26 Jun 2009
• Glutaminase-deficient mice display hippocampal hypoactivity, insensitivity to pro-psychotic drugs and potentiated latent inhibition: relevance to schizophrenia. 8 Jun 2009
• Interaction between the effects of corticotropin-releasing factor and prepulse parameters on prepulse inhibition in two inbred rat strains and the F1 generation of a cross between them. 6 Jun 2009
• Unidirectional startle responses and disrupted left-right co-ordination of motor behaviors in robo3 mutant zebrafish. 18 May 2009
• Genetic relationship between anxiety-related and fear-related behaviors in BXD recombinant inbred mice. 27 Feb 2009
• The Vps33a gene regulates behavior and cerebellar Purkinje cell number. 25 Feb 2009
• A risk PRODH haplotype affects sensorimotor gating, memory, schizotypy, and anxiety in healthy male subjects. 18 Feb 2009
• Deficient sensorimotor gating induced by selective breeding in rats is improved by entopeduncular nucleus lesions. 18 Feb 2009
• Dopaminergic hypofunctions and prepulse inhibition deficits in mice lacking midkine. 11 Feb 2009
• Neuroligin-3-deficient mice: model of a monogenic heritable form of autism with an olfactory deficit. 9 Feb 2009
• Cognitive and emotional processing in high novelty seeking associated with the L-DRD4 genotype. 9 Feb 2009
• Association between arginine vasopressin 1a receptor (AVPR1a) promoter region polymorphisms and prepulse inhibition. 3 Feb 2009
• Genetic variation in brain-derived neurotrophic factor and human fear conditioning. 30 Jan 2009
• Limited impact of social isolation on Alzheimer-like symptoms in a triple transgenic mouse model. 30 Jan 2009
• Reduced expression of the NMDA receptor-interacting protein SynGAP causes behavioral abnormalities that model symptoms of Schizophrenia. 12 Jan 2009
• Expression of serotonin transporter gene and startle response in rats with genetically determined fear-induced aggression. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Startle Reaction'

Definition: A complex involuntary response to an unexpected strong stimulus usually auditory in nature.

Descriptor UI: D013216

Alternative terms: Startle Reaction; Reaction, Startle; Reactions, Startle; Startle Reactions;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.376.550.650.800; E01.370.600.550.650.800; F02.830.702.807; G11.561.600.765.869;

History Note: 69(65)

Technical Notes: human & animal