The monotonic dependency of prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex on the intensity of the startle-eliciting stimulus

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Csomor, Philipp A ^a   Yee, Benjamin K ^b   Quednow, Boris B ^a   Stadler, Renée R ^a   Feldon, Joram ^b   Vollenweider, Franz X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human; Intensity; Prepulse inhibition; Sensorimotor gating; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOLUNTEER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 33748702057     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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