Neural Mechanisms of Startle Behavior
In the past fifteen years there has been considerable interest in neural circuits that initiate behavior patterns. For many types of behaviors, this involves decision-making circuits whose primary elements are neither purely sensory nor motor, but represe
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The vertical leap of a nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, surprised by the flash of a photographer's lighting system . Startle responses are readily elicited by unexpected disturbances. In mammals the natural role of this behavior is not well understood. Presumably it functions in predator avoidance, as demonstrated for many invertebrates and teleost fishes. Because of the startle behavior, an attacking predator might miss its target, or itself be alarmed by the sudden movement of the prey. By Bianca Lavies, © 1982 National Geographic Society .
Neural Mechanisms of Startle Behavior Edited by
Robert C. Eaton University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Neural mechanisms of startle behavior. lncludes bibliographies and index. 1. Startle reaction. 2. Neural circuitry. 1. Eaton, Robert C. [DNLM: 1. Nervous System-Physiology. 2. Startle Reaction-physiology. WL 106 N493) QP372.6.N48 1984 156 .232 84-13375 ISBN 978-1-4899-2288-5 ISBN 978-1-4899-2286-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-2286-1
© 1984 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1984 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover lst edition 1984 Ali rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher
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Contributors MICHAEL V. L. BENNETT, Division of Cellular Neurobiology, Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461 THEODORE HOLMES BULLOCK, Neurobiology Unit, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 MICHAEL DAVIS, Department Psychiatry, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06508 CHARLES D. DREWES, Zoology Department, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 RoBERT C. EATON, Behavioral Biology Group, Department of Biology, E.P.O., University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309 JoHN T. HACKETT, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 HOWARDS. HoFFMAN, Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010 DAVID G. KING, Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901 FRANKLIN B. KRASNE, Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024 GEORGE 0. MACKIE, Biology Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 2Y2 MICHAEL O'SHEA, Departments of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60637. Present address: Departement de Biologie Animale, Universite de Geneve, CH-1211, Geneve 4, Switzerland KEIR G. PEARSON, Department of Physiology, University
