Preliminary evidence of an association between sensorimotor gating and distractibility in psychosis

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-66

  Karper, Laurence P ^a,b   Freeman, Glenna K ^a   Grillon, Christian ^a   Morgan III, C A ^a   Charney, Dennis S ^a   Krystal, John H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0030021309     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.8.1.60     Document Type: Article

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