Influence of stimulus control on the excitability of the electrically elicited blink reflex in patients with schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-50

  Meincke, Ulrich ^a   Töpper, Rudolf ^a   Hoff, Paul ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attentional dysfunctions; Blink reflex; Excitability; Schizophrenia; Self elicitation; Startle response

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BLINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLORPROMAZINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034653211     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(99)00215-2     Document Type: Article

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