Psychiatry Research
Volume 143, Issue 2 , Pages 147-158 , 30 August 2006

Prepulse inhibition and P50 suppression: Commonalities and dissociations

  • Bob Oranje

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research, Department of Psychiatry, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 3531 2391.
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  • Mark A. Geyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States
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  • Koen B.E. Bocker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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  • J. Leon Kenemans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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  • Marinus N. Verbaten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Received 15 October 2004 ,Revised 27 September 2005 ,Accepted 8 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.11.002

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