Genetic influences on prepulse inhibition of startle reflex in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-48

  Anokhin, Andrey P ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^a   Myers, Erin ^a   Ralano, Angela ^a,b   Wood, Suzanne ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Heritability; Prepulse inhibition; Sensorimotor gating; Startle reflex; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0344420114     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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