Effects of a prepulse stimulus on the masseteric inhibitory reflex in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-186

  Gomez Wong E ^a   Valls Sole J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Brainstem reflexes; Masseteric inhibitory reflex; Prepulse inhibition; Sensorimotor gating; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0343549329     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12574-X     Document Type: Article

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