Startle magnitude and prepulse inhibition: Effects of alcohol and attention

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-241

  Hutchison, Kent E ^a   McGeary, John ^a   Wooden, Angela ^a   Blumenthal, Terry ^b   Ito, Tiffany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Attention; PPI; Startle

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0037505487     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1332-7     Document Type: Article

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