Reduced Prepulse Inhibition as a Biomarker of Schizophrenia

The startle response is composed by a set of reflex behaviors intended to prepare the organism to face a potentially relevant stimulus. This response can be modulated by several factors as, for example, repeated presentations of the stimulus (startle habituation), or by previous presentation of a we...

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Main Authors: Luis Gonzalo De La Casa, Auxiliadora Mena, Juan Carlos Ruiz-Salas, Andrea Puentes, Inmaculada Dorado, Miguel Ruiz-Veguilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00202/full