Effects of clonidine and diazepam on the acoustic startle response and on its inhibition by 'prepulses' in man

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-34

  Abduljawad, K A J ^a   Langley, R W ^a   Bradshaw, C M ^a,b   Szabadi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Clonidine; Diazepam; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVATION; STARTLE REFLEX; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BLINKING; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; REACTION TIME; SALIVATION; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030950968     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026988119701100110     Document Type: Article

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