Neurophysiology of nocturnal enuresis: Evoked potentials and prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 278-284

  Freitag, Christine M ^a   Röhling, Dagmar ^b   Seifen, Stephanie ^b   Pukrop, Ralf ^b   von Gontard, Alexander ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AROUSAL; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENURESIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645037715     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206000600     Document Type: Article

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