Sensitization and habituation of the acoustic startle reflex in patients with schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-61

  Meincke, Ulrich ^a   Light, Gregory A ^b   Geyer, Mark A ^b   Braff, David L ^b   Gouzoulis Mayfrank, Euphrosyne ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Blink reflex; Dual process theory; Information processing

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENPERIDOL; CLOZAPINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUPENTIXOL; FLUPHENAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PERAZINE; QUETIAPINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; THIORIDAZINE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIZATION; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 1842735522     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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