Modulation of the acoustic startle reflex by infusion of corticotropin-releasing hormone into the nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis

Organization of Ovine Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Immunoreactive Cells and Fibers in the Rat Brain: An Immunohistochemical Study

1983 • 1,954 citations

A primary acoustic startle circuit: lesion and stimulation studies

1982 • 947 citations

Conditioned fear as revealed by magnitude of startle response to an auditory stimulus.

1951 • 649 citations

Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors are widely distributed within the rat central nervous system: an autoradiographic study

1985 • 474 citations

A Primary Acoustic Startle Pathway: Obligatory Role of Cochlear Root Neurons and the Nucleus Reticularis Pontis Caudalis

1996 • 370 citations

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1997 • 358 citations

The efferent projections of the periaqueductal gray in the rat: A Phaseolus vulgaris‐leucoagglutinin study. II. Descending projections

1995 • 352 citations

Corticotropin releasing factor‐like immunoreactivity in the rat brain as revealed by a modified cobalt‐glucose oxidase‐diaminobenzidine method

1987 • 332 citations

Efferent pathway of the amygdala involved in conditioned fear as measured with the fear-potentiated startle paradigm.

1991 • 299 citations

Giant neurons in the rat reticular formation: a sensorimotor interface in the elementary acoustic startle circuit?

1994 • 294 citations

Conditioned fear and startle magnitude: Effects of different footshock or backshock intensities used in training.

1978 • 276 citations

Cholinergic neurons in the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus are involved in the mediation of prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response in the rat

1993 • 271 citations

A direct projection from the central nucleus of the amygdala to the acoustic startle pathway: Anterograde and retrograde tracing studies.

1991 • 257 citations

Efferent pathway of the amygdala involved in conditioned fear as measured with the fear-potentiated startle paradigm.

1991 • 243 citations

Sensitization of the acoustic startle reflex by footshock.

1989 • 233 citations

Anxiogenic effects of high illumination levels assessed with the acoustic startle response in rats

1997 • 210 citations

Temporal specificity of fear conditioning: Effects of different conditioned stimulus--unconditioned stimulus intervals on the fear-potentiated startle effect.

1989 • 190 citations

Sensitization of the startle reflex by footshock: Blockade by lesions of the central nucleus of the amygdala or its efferent pathway to the brainstem.

1989 • 171 citations

Sensitization of the startle reflex by footshock: Blockade by lesions of the central nucleus of the amygdala or its efferent pathway to the brainstem.

1989 • 142 citations

The design and calibration of a startle measurement system

1986 • 140 citations

Corticotropin releasing factor receptor-mediated stimulation of adenylate cyclase activity in the rat brain

1986 • 117 citations

Opposing roles of the amygdala and dorsolateral periaqueductal gray in fear-potentiated startle

1997 • 108 citations

Lesions of the central gray block the sensitization of the acoustic startle response in rats

1994 • 83 citations

Substance P is involved in the sensitization of the acoustic startle response by footshocks in rats

1994 • 82 citations

Enhancement of the acoustic startle response by stimulation of an excitatory pathway from the central amygdala/basal nucleus of Meynert to the pontine reticular formation

1993 • 80 citations

Lesions of the central gray block conditioned fear as measured with the potentiated startle paradigm

1996 • 65 citations

Corticotropin‐releasing Factor in the Caudal Pontine Reticular Nucleus Mediates the Expression of Fear‐potentiated Startle in the Rat

1997 • 62 citations

NMDA and non-NMDA antagonists infused into the nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis depress the acoustic startle reflex

1993 • 62 citations

Glutamate antagonists in the reticular formation reduce the acoustic startle response

1993 • 50 citations

GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS MEDIATE ACOUSTIC INPUT TO THE RETICULAR BRAIN STEM

1992 • 42 citations

Footshock-induced sensitization of electrically elicited startle reflexes.

1989 • 41 citations

Footshock-induced sensitization of electrically elicited startle reflexes.

1989 • 37 citations

Substance P and other putative transmitters modulate the activity of reticular pontine neurons: an electrophysiological and immunohistochemical study

1994 • 33 citations

Somatostatin in the Pontine Reticular Formation Modulates Fear Potentiation of the Acoustic Startle Response: An Anatomical, Electrophysiological, and Behavioral Study

1996 • 29 citations

Cholecystokinin enhances the acoustic startle response in rats

1995 • 29 citations

NMDA receptors in the pontine brainstem are necessary for fear potentiation of the startle response

1996 • 28 citations

Involvement of cyclic AMP at the level of the nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis in the acoustic startle response

1995 • 14 citations