The effects of caffeine and directed attention on acoustic startle habituation

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 145-150

  Schicatano, Edward J ^a   Blumenthal, Terry D ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Brainstem; Caffeine; Habituation; Humans; Reflex; Startle

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; HABITUATION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; STARTLE REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CAFFEINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; VISION;

EID: 0031962730     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00384-5     Document Type: Article

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