Cortisol rapidly disrupts prepulse inhibition in healthy men

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-114

  Richter, Steffen ^a   Schulz, André ^a   Zech, Carina M ^a   Oitzl, Melly S ^b   Daskalakis, Nikolaos P ^b   Blumenthal, Terry D ^c   Schächinger, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Non genomic cortisol effects; Prepulse inhibition; Sensorimotor gating; Startle; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISON 100; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY GATING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; HEALTH; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PLACEBOS; SENSORY GATING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649850504     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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