Recent advances in studying brain‐behavior interactions using functional imaging: The primary startle response pathway and its affective modulation in humans

J Wendt, M Kuhn, AO Hamm, TB Lonsdorf - Psychophysiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The startle response is a cross‐species defensive reflex that is considered a key tool for
cross‐species translational emotion research. While the neural pathway mediating …

[HTML][HTML] Research progress in the study of startle reflex to disease states

J Zhang, M Wang, B Wei, J Shi, T Yu - … Disease and Treatment, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The startle reflex is considered a primitive physiological reflex, a defense response that
occurs in the organism when the body feels sudden danger and uneasiness, characterized …

The influence of stimulus onset asynchrony, task order, sex and hormonal contraception on prepulse inhibition and prepulse facilitation: Methodological …

LF Naysmith, SCR Williams… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Prepulse-induced startle modulation occurs when a weak sensory stimulus
('prepulse') is presented before a startling sensory stimulus ('pulse'), producing an inhibited …

Prospective longitudinal assessment of sensorimotor gating as a risk/resiliency factor for posttraumatic stress disorder

DT Acheson, DG Baker, CM Nievergelt… - …, 2022 - nature.com
Little is understood about cognitive mechanisms that confer risk and resiliency for
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Prepulse Inhibition (PPI) is a measure of pre …

Effects of total sleep deprivation on sensorimotor gating in humans

P Vizeli, B Cuccurazzu, SPA Drummond… - Behavioural Brain …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sensorimotor gating is a measure of pre-attentional information processing and can be
measured by prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle reflex. Sleep deprivation has been …

Evaluating the Modulation of the Acoustic Startle Reflex in Children and Adolescents via Vertical EOG and EEG: Sex, Age, and Behavioral Effects

AE Giannopoulos, I Zioga, P Papageorgiou… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Acoustic startle reflex (ASR) constitutes a reliable, cross-species indicator of sensorimotor
and inhibitory mechanisms, showing distinct signature in cognitive aging, sex, and …

Alleviation of cognitive deficits via upregulation of chondroitin sulfate biosynthesis by lignan sesamin in a mouse model of neuroinflammation

J Yamada, S Maeda, M Soya, H Nishida… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignans are plant-derived compounds that act as partial estrogen agonists. Chondroitin
sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) represent one of the major components of the extracellular …

Investigating acoustic startle habituation and prepulse inhibition with silent functional MRI and electromyography in young, healthy adults

LF Naysmith, O O'Daly, AB Solana… - Frontiers in Human …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Startle habituation and prepulse inhibition (PPI) are distinct measures of
different sensory information processes, yet both result in the attenuation of the startle reflex …

High visual perceptual load reduces prepulse inhibition induced by task-unrelated and task-related sound.

L Chen, X Yang, Z Ge, L Liu, X Yang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Prepulse inhibition (PPI) is an automatic and pre-attentive sensorimotor gating process.
Several studies have shown that advanced cognitive functions can modulate PPI. This study …

Prepulse Inhibition and Prestimulus Non-linear Brain Dynamics in Childhood: a Lyapunov Exponents approach

A Giannopoulos, I Zioga, V Ziogas… - … on Cognitive and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The acoustic startle reflex (ASR) relies on the sensorimotor system and is affected by aging,
sex, and psychopathology. ASR can be modulated by the prepulse inhibition (PPI) …