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Loren Frank
Professor at University of California, San Francisco
Field of Study: Biology , Published 30 Projects
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Video Abstract (AI generated) (01:50) Paper Preprint Molecular PsychiatryMeasuring animal behavior in the context of experimental manipulation is critical for modeling and understanding neuro-psychiatric disease. Prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response (PPI) is a behavioral paradigm used extensively for this purpose, but the results of PPI studies are often inconsistent. As a result, the utility of this metric remains uncertain. Here we deconstruct the phenomenon of PPI. We first confirm several limitations of the traditional PPI metric, including that the underlying startle response has a non-Gaussian distribution and that the traditional PPI metric changes with different stimulus condition. We then develop a novel model that reveals PPI to be a combination of the previously appreciated scaling of the startle response, as well as a scaling of sound perception. Using our model, we find no evidence for differences in PPI in a rat model of Fragile-X Syndrome (FXS) compared to wild-type controls. These results in the rat provide a reliable methodology that could be used to clarify inconsistent PPI results in mice and humans. In addition, we find robust differences between wild-type male and female rats. Our model allows us to understand the nature of these differences, and we find that both the startle-scaling and sound-scaling components of PPI are a function of the baseline startle response. Males and females differ specifically in the startle-scaling, but not the sound-scaling, component of PPI. These findings establish a robust experimental and analytical approach that has the potential to provide a consistent biomarker of brain function.
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Loren Frank. (2021, Nov 7).Robust and replicable measurement for prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response[Video]. Scitok. https://scitok.com/project/p/61e6ae1a
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Loren Frank. "Robust and replicable measurement for prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response" Scitok. (Nov 7, 2021). https://scitok.com/project/p/61e6ae1a
Loren Frank (Nov 7, 2021). Robust and replicable measurement for prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response Scitok. https://scitok.com/project/p/61e6ae1a
Loren Frank. Robust and replicable measurement for prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response[video]. 2021 Nov 7. https://scitok.com/project/p/61e6ae1a
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