Habituation of the auditory startle reaction is reduced during preparation for execution of a motor task in normal human subjects

Brain Research

Volumn 751, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 155-159

  Valls Sole J ^a   Valldeoriola, F ^a   Tolosa, E ^a   Nobbe, F ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung   (Germany)

Author keywords

attention; electromyography; experimental set; habituation; reaction time; reticulo spinal pathway; startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030894740     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00027-9     Document Type: Article

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