Habituation of the blink reflex in first-episode schizophrenia, psychotic depression and non-psychotic depression

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-79

  Taiminen, Tero ^a   Jääskeläinen, Satu ^b   Ilonen, Tuula ^b   Meyer, Harriet ^c   Karlsson, Hasse ^a   Lauerma, Hannu ^d   Leinonen, Kirsi Marja ^b   Wallenius, Elina ^b   Kaljonen, Anne ^a   Salokangas, Raimo K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d Mental Hospital for Prisoners   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Depression; Dopamine; Habituation; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STARTLE REFLEX; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; AROUSAL; BLINKING; CRANIAL NERVES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOPAMINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORBIT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0343294303     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00140-1     Document Type: Article

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