Effect of clonidine on the human acoustic startle reflex

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-360

  Kumari, Veena ^a   Cotter, Paul ^a   Corr, Philip J ^a   Gray, Jeffrey A ^a   Checkley, Stuart A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle reflex; Central alpha2 adrenoceptors; Clonidine; Eyeblink; Habituation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; PLACEBO;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; STARTLE REFLEX; VOLUNTEER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLONIDINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0029868512     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02246646     Document Type: Article

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