The effects of some antidepressant drugs on prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle (eyeblink) response and the N1/P2 auditory evoked response in man

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-45

  Phillips, M A ^b   Langley, R W ^b   Bradshaw, C M ^a   Szabadi, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Amitriptyline; Antidepressants; Auditory evoked potential; Fluvoxamine; Prepulse inhibition; Reboxetine

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUVOXAMINE; REBOXETINE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0034016995     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026988110001400105     Document Type: Article

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