title: Telencephalic ablation results in decreased startle response in goldfish.
abstract: Our investigation concerns the connection between the telencephalon and the startle response, mediated by reticulospinal neurons. Before surgery fish respond to the startle stimulus in 95% of the trials and 66% of the time with complete full turns. Following telencephalon removal fish respond in only 50% of the trials but make complete full turns only 7% of the time. There is no significant change found in control fish. This suggests a modulatory role of the telencephalon in regards to startle behavior.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Program, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510, USA.
authors.forename: Lyndsey E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Waldeck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D003714:Denervation; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D006054:Goldfish / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D023421:Models, Animal; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology; D013216:Reflex, Startle / Q000502:physiology*; D012154:Reticular Formation / Q000502:physiology*; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*