The effect of repeated prepulse and reflex stimulus presentations on startle prepulse inhibition

Biological Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-76

  Lipp, Ottmar V ^a   Krinitzky, Steven P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Eye blink; Habituation; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0031962997     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(97)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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