Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the acoustic startle response refers to the reduction in startle reaction to a startle-eliciting stimulus when it is shortly preceded by a subthreshold prepulse stimulus.

The acoustic startle response is an unconditional reflex manifested as a rapid contraction of facial and skeletal muscles in response to a sudden and intense startling stimulus. Translational research ...

The acoustic startle response is an unconditional reflex involving rapid facial and skeletal muscle movements triggered by sudden, startling stimuli like sound or light. Studying the acoustic startle ...

Sensorimotor gating is a fundamental neurophysiological mechanism by which the brain filters out irrelevant sensory information, thereby safeguarding cognitive stability and preventing sensory ...

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in military and civilian populations. TBI can occur from a number of insults - such as blunt force, blast impact, or penetrating ...

To understand the expressive range of the human face, nothing beats watching a colleague scream his head off in slow motion. When my lab began to study protective reflexes in the early 2000s, the ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Sometimes, I wish I had a sign on my chair, as if I were a ...