Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:866-870
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Startle modulation in children with posttraumatic stress disorder
EM Ornitz and RS Pynoos
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles.
Startle responses to bursts of white noise were recorded as blink reflexes
17-21 months after a traumatic event in six children with posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) and in six normal control children. A seventh child
with PTSD was studied on four occasions during the 2 years following a
stressful event. The startle responses were modulated by nonstartling
acoustic prestimulation in order to study the inhibitory and facilitatory
modulation of startle reaction by brainstem mechanisms. The children with
PTSD experienced a significant loss of the normal inhibitory modulation of
startle response, suggesting that the traumatic experience had induced a
long-lasting brainstem dysfunction.
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