Effects of alcohol on baseline startle and prepulse inhibition in young men at risk for alcoholism and/or anxiety disorders

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-54

  Grillon, Christian ^a   Sinha, Rajita ^a   Ameli, Rezvan ^a   O'Malley, Stephanie S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; RECURRENCE RISK; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0033987264     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2000.61.46     Document Type: Article

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