Caffeine and prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 322-330

  Flaten, Magne Arve ^a   Elden, Åke ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arousal; Caffeine; Dopamine; Prepulse inhibition; Startle

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DOPAMINE;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; EYELID REFLEX; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BLINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0033988201     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130051175     Document Type: Article

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