The magnitude (a), habituation (b), and prepulse inhibition (c) of the startle response. Upper and lower panels show data from males and females, respectively. Data are presented as mean±SEM. Asterisks indicate significant (*p<0.05) main effect of CRHOEdev (or in the case of habituation, block × CRHOEdev interaction; indicated by repeated measure ANOVA). CRHOEdev, transitional CRH overexpression before puberty.