Acoustic startle reflex in schizophrenia patients and their first- degree relatives: Evidence of normal emotional modulation

Psychophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-475

  Curtis, Clayton E ^a   Lebow, Boyd ^a   Lake, David S ^a   Katsanis, Joanna ^b   Iacono, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Flat affect; Genetic vulnerability; Negative symptoms; Schizophrenia; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; AFFECT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0032785450     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577299980757     Document Type: Article

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