Reduced prepulse inhibition is associated with increased hypnotizability

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-545

  Lichtenberg, Pesach ^a,b   Even Or, Ehud ^b   Bar, Gali ^a   Levin, Raz ^a   Brin, Aviv ^a   Heresco Levy, Uriel ^a,b  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Hypnotizability; Prepulse inhibition; Sensory gating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STARTLE REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 44349163414     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145707008231     Document Type: Article

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