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Reflex, Moro

Known as: Moro Reflex, Startle Reflex, reflex startle 
A reflex found in normal infants, observed when the infant is startled or feels the sensation of falling and characterized by sudden extension of the… 
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Perinatal TerminologyReflex, AcousticReflex, Orbicularis OculiReflex, Startle

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Reflex actionReflex motion descriptor

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Startle reflex modulation and autonomic responding during anxious apprehension in panic disorder patients.
The present study explored anxious apprehension in panic disorder patients and controls in two threat conditions, darkness and… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Yohimbine — facilitated acoustic startle reflex in humans
Preclinical studies have suggested the acoustic startle reflex (ASR) may be a useful animal model to investigate the… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Prepulse inhibition of the acoustically evoked startle reflex in patients with an acute schizophrenic psychosis—A longitudinal study
AbstractDeficits in sensorimotor gating as assessed by prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle reflex have been reported in… 
2001
2001
Fear‐Potentiated Startle in Rats
Fear‐potentiated startle measures the increase in the startle reflex elicited by a sudden noise in the presence of a cue that has… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Cytotoxic lesion of the medial prefrontal cortex abolishes the partial reinforcement extinction effect, attenuates prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex and induces transient…
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Effect of acute subcutaneous nicotine on prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex in healthy male non-smokers
Abstract In a double-blind placebo-controlled trial, the effects of two doses (6 μg/kg, 12 μg/kg) of acute SC nicotine were… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Effects of stress and shock anticipation on prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex.
The effects of shock anticipation and attention to external stimuli on prepulse inhibition (PPI) were compared. In the threat-of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Mitochondrial toxin 3-nitropropionic acid produces startle reflex abnormalities and striatal damage in rats that model some features of Huntington's disease
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Attention and schizophrenia: impaired modulation of the startle reflex.
The startle reflex (SR) elicited by abrupt stimuli can be modified by attention to nonstartling stimuli that shortly precede the… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Engaging visual stimuli and reflex blink modification.
Twenty-one college undergraduate subjects were provided discrete trials of visual foreground stimuli with varying interest value… 
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