The effects of prepulse inhibition timing on the startle reflex and reaction time

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 513, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 243-247

  Maslovat, Dana ^a   Kennedy, Paul M ^a   Forgaard, Christopher J ^a   Chua, Romeo ^a   Franks, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Movement initiation; Pathways; Prepulse inhibition; Startle reflex; StartReact effect

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE TRACT; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REFLEX; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; CUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 84859005363     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.02.052     Document Type: Article

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