Menstrual cycle phase effects on prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle

Psychophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 401-406

  Jovanovic, Tanja ^a,b   Szilagyi, Sandor ^c   Chakravorty, Subhajit ^c   Fiallos, Ana M ^a,b   Lewison, Barbara J ^a,b   Parwani, Arti ^d   Schwartz, Marion P ^c   Gonzenbach, Stephen ^c   Rotrosen, John P ^c,d   Duncan, Erica J ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Menstrual cycle; Prepulse inhibition; Sensorimotor gating

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 2642526217     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8986.2004.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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