Electromyographical differentiation between the acoustic blink and startle reflex: Implications for studies investigating startle behavior

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 141-145

  Meincke, Ulrich ^a   Mörth, Dina ^a   Voß, Tatjana ^a   Gouzoulis Mayfrank, Euphrosyne ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0036942435     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-002-0375-4     Document Type: Article

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