Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 148, Issue 1 , Pages 1-10 , 22 November 2006

The neural correlates of habituation of response to startling tactile stimuli presented in a functional magnetic resonance imaging environment

  • Jennifer E. McDowell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 706 542 3075; fax: +1 706 542 3275.
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  • Gregory G. Brown

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Veterans Affairs, San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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  • Nicole Lazar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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  • Jazmin Camchong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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  • Richard Sharp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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  • Kirsten Krebs-Thomson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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  • Lisa T. Eyler

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs, San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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  • David L. Braff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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  • Mark A. Geyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

Received 10 February 2006 ,Revised 17 May 2006 ,Accepted 23 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.05.008

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 148, Issue 1 , Pages 1-10 , 22 November 2006

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