Effects of stress and shock anticipation on prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex

Psychophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 511-517

  Grillon, Christian ^a   Davis, Michael ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale University School of Medicine and the Connecticut Mental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipatory anxiety; Attention; Fear; Humans; Prepulse inhibition; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

EID: 0030773162     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb01737.x     Document Type: Article

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