Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 21-28 , 30 May 2007

Startle gating in antipsychotic-naïve first episode schizophrenia patients: One ear is better than two

  • Veena Kumari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
    • Section of General Psychiatry, Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. PO 78, Institute of Psychaitry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK. Tel.: +44 207 848 0233; fax: +44 207 848 0860.
    • ,
  • Dominic Fannon

      Affiliations

    • Section of General Psychiatry, Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
    • ,
  • Alexander L. Sumich

      Affiliations

    • Section of General Psychiatry, Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
    • ,
  • Tonmoy Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Research Centre, Dartford, Kent, UK

Received 30 March 2006 ,Revised 18 September 2006 ,Accepted 20 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.09.013

Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 21-28 , 30 May 2007

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