The electrically elicited startle blink reflex in patients with schizophrenia: A threshold study of different reflex components

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 76-80

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

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attentional dysfunctions; Blink reflex; Excitability; Inhibition; Schizophrenia; Startle response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCITABILITY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0344096739     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026564     Document Type: Article

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