title: Audiogenic startle reflex of man and its relationship to startle syndromes. A review.
abstract: The normal human audiogenic startle reflex is defined from a review of the literature, substantiated by a current investigation of normal subjects, and clarified pathophysiologically by a discussion of animal experimentation. The basic information is used to evaluate critically a variety of syndromes loosely termed 'startle' in the past. A new classification of startle syndromes is proposed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001767:Blinking; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal; D012022:Reflex, Acoustic; D013216:Reflex, Startle