Repeated testing of prepulse inhibition and habituation of the startle reflex: A study in healthy human controls

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 330-337

  Abel, Kathryn ^a,d   Waikar, Manoj ^b   Pedro, Brenda ^c   Hemsley, David ^c   Geyer, Mark ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Habituation; Prepulse inhibition; Repeat testing; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STARTLE REFLEX; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 0031774628     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026988119801200402     Document Type: Article

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