The effect of acoustic pulse intensity upon the electrically elicited blink reflex at positive and negative stimulus onset asynchronies

Biological Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 69-84

  Schmolesky, M T ^a   Boelhouwer, A J W ^b   Blumenthal, T D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Eyeblink; Facial nucleus; Prepulse; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TIME;

EID: 0030608354     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0511(96)05208-8     Document Type: Article

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