Considerations for the use of a startling acoustic stimulus in studies of motor preparation in humans

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 366-376

  Carlsen, Anthony N ^a,b   Maslovat, Dana ^a   Lam, Melanie Y ^a   Chua, Romeo ^a   Franks, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; EMG; Preparation; Reaction time; Startle response

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SOUND INTENSITY; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 78649908505     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.04.009     Document Type: Review

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