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Title: Neural monoaminergic mediation of the effect of St. John's wort extract on prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response in rats.
Author: Khalifa AE.
Abstract:
Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of startle response is a valuable paradigm for sensorimotor gating processes by which an organism filters sensory information. Disruption of PPI is evident in schizophrenia and Huntington's disease among other neuropsychiatric
Journal: J Psychopharmacol. 2005 Sep;19(5):467-72.