Relationship of the Acoustic Startle Response and Its Modulation to Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Typical Development Children and Those with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 534-543

  Takahashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Komatsu, Sahoko ^a   Nakahachi, Takayuki ^a   Ogino, Kazuo ^a   Kamio, Yoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Autism spectrum disorders; Habituation; Prepulse inhibition; Sensory motor gating; Startle latency

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STARTLE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULATION; STRENGTH AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMOTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; REFLEX, STARTLE;

EID: 84955662994     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2593-4     Document Type: Article

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