Prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex and oculomotor control

Psychophysiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 473-482

  Ettinger, Ulrich ^a   Hejda, Sylvia ^b   Flak, Vanja ^b   Corr, Philip J ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisaccade; Eye movements; Fixation with distractors; Oculomotor delayed response task (Memory guided, Remembered saccade); Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STARTLE REFLEX; ADOLESCENT; AGING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; SACCADES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 26944468734     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2005.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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