Sex differences in sensorimotor gating of the human startle reflex: All smoke?

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 228-232

  Swerdlow, N R ^a   Geyer, M A ^a   Hartman, P L ^a   Sprock, J ^a   Auerbach, P P ^a   Cadenhead, K ^a   Perry, W ^a   Braff, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nicotine; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia; Sensorimotor gating; Startle

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARTLE REFLEX; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0032874796     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130051111     Document Type: Article

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