Effects of alprazolam on the acoustic startle response in humans

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 280-285

  Rodríguez Fornells, Antoni ^a,b   Riba, Jordi ^a   Gironell, Alexandre ^a   Kulisevsky, Jaume ^a   Barbanoj, Manel J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b Facultat de Psicologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Alprazolam; Human; Placebo

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; PIPEROXAN; PLACEBO; YOHIMBINE;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BLINKING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0032956123     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050948     Document Type: Article

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