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Reflex, Startle

Known as: Startle Reactions, Startle Response, Response, Startle 
A complex involuntary response to an unexpected strong stimulus. The reaction involves physical movement away from the stimulus, MUSCLE CONTRACTION… 
National Institutes of Health

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Acoustic Startle Reflex

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Reflex actionReflex motion descriptor
Reflex, AcousticReflex, MoroReflex, Orbicularis Oculiaspects of radiation effects

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
α1-Adrenergic receptors mediate coordinated Ca2+ signaling of cortical astrocytes in awake, behaving mice.
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Phosphodiesterase 10A Inhibitor Activity in Preclinical Models of the Positive, Cognitive, and Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Following several recent reports that suggest that dual cAMP and cGMP phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10A) inhibitors may present a… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Neurobehavioral toxicology of pyrethroid insecticides in adult animals: a critical review.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Prenatal exposure to a repeated variable stress paradigm elicits behavioral and neuroendocrinological changes in the adult offspring: potential relevance to schizophrenia
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Aversive Pavlovian conditioning in psychopaths: peripheral and central correlates.
Differential aversive Pavlovian conditioning with a foul odor as unconditioned stimulus (US) and neutral faces as conditioned… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Clozapine antagonizes phencyclidine-induced deficits in sensorimotor gating of the startle response.
Intense auditory stimuli elicit an involuntary startle response that is attenuated when the startling stimulus (the pulse) is… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Pictures as prepulse: attention and emotion in startle modification.
The effects of an emotional stimulus prepulse on probe startle response were examined here. Pleasant, neutral and unpleasant… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
New observations on the normal auditory startle reflex in man.
The latency and pattern of muscle recruitment in the startle response elicited by unexpected auditory stimulation was determined… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Affective individual differences and startle reflex modulation.
Potentiation of startle has been demonstrated in experimentally produced aversive emotional states, and clinical reports suggest… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Startle modulation in children with posttraumatic stress disorder.
Startle responses to bursts of white noise were recorded as blink reflexes 17-21 months after a traumatic event in six children… 
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