Prepulse modulation of the startle reaction and the blink reflex in normal human subjects

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-56

  Valls Solé, Josep ^a   Valldeoriola, Francesc ^b   Molinuevo, José Luis ^b   Cossu, Giovanni ^b   Nobbe, Fritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavior; Blink reflex; Brainstem reflexes; Prepulse inhibition; Sensory modulation; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORBIT; REFERENCE VALUES; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0032741806     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050935     Document Type: Article

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