Impaired sensorimotor gating in patients with non-epileptic seizures

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Pouretemad, Hamid R ^a   Thompson, Pamela J ^a   Fenwick, Peter B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habituation; Limbic system basal ganglia; Non epileptic seizures; Prepulse inhibition; Sensorimotor gating

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; SEX OFFENSES; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0031777933     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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