Differences in startle reflex and prepulse inhibition in European-Americans and African-Americans

Psychophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 876-882

  Hasenkamp, Wendy ^a   Norrholm, Seth D ^a,b,c   Green, Amanda ^a   Lewison, Barbara ^a   Boshoven, William ^a   Keyes, Megan ^a   Duncan, Erica ^a,b,c  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Georgia State University   (United States)

Author keywords

African; European; Prepulse inhibition; Race; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RACE DIFFERENCE; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UNITED STATES;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 49649088879     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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