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Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Nervous System Physiological Phenomena > Sensory Gating > Prepulse Inhibition

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Prepulse Inhibition  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Facilitation, Prepulse
  • Prepulse Facilitation

Scope note

  • A neurophysiological phenomenon in which the response to a startling stimulus (pulse) is decreased when a weaker prestimulus (prepulse) precedes it closely in time. It is used as an operational measure of sensorimotor gating.

History note

  • 2015

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D065808

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