A relationship between inhibition of the acoustic startle response and the protection of prepulse processing

Psychobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 160-168

  Norris, Christopher M ^a   Blumenthal, Terry D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0029889571     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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