Differentiation between protective reflexes: Cardiac defense and startle

Psychophysiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 732-739

  Ramírez, Isabel ^a   Sánchez, María B ^a   Fernández, María Carmen ^a   Lipp, Ottmar V ^b   Vila, Jaime ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Campus Universitario de la Cartuja   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac defense; Eyeblink; Heart rate; Startle; Stimulus duration; Stimulus rise time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CARDIAC DEFENSE REFLEX; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WHITE NOISE; BLINKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINKING; FEMALE; HEART; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; REFLEX; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 33644878232     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2005.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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