Hypnotizability and sensorimotor gating: A dopaminergic mechanism of hypnosis

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-405

  Levin, Raz ^a   Heresco Levy, Uriel ^a   Edelman, Shany ^a   Shapira, Haim ^b   Ebstein, Richard P ^a,c   Lichtenberg, Pesach ^a,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SENSORY GATING; STANFORD HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052190612     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2011.594678     Document Type: Article

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