Prepulse inhibition decreases as startle reactivity habituates

Psychophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 446-450

  Blumenthal, Terry D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyeblink; Habituation; Human; Inhibition; Prepulse; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINKING; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030818707     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb02388.x     Document Type: Article

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