Baseline startle amplitude and prepulse inhibition in Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-178

  Grillon, Christian ^a,b,c   Morgan, Charles A ^a,b   Southwick, Steve M ^a,b   Davis, Michael ^b   Charney, Dennis S ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle reflex; Anxiety disorder; Arousal; Eyeblink reflex; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AROUSAL; BLINKING; COMBAT DISORDERS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STARTLE REACTION; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0030590634     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(96)02942-3     Document Type: Article

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