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Sensory Gating MeSH Descriptor Data 2023


MeSH Heading
Sensory Gating
Tree Number(s)
G11.561.794
Unique ID
D055139
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055139
Annotation
do not confuse with ION CHANNEL GATING
Scope Note
The ability of the BRAIN to suppress neuronal responses to external sensory inputs, such as auditory and visual stimuli. Sensory filtering (or gating) allows humans to block out irrelevant, meaningless, or redundant stimuli.
Entry Term(s)
Acoustic Startle Gating
Auditory Sensory Gating
Sensorimotor Gating
Sensory Filtering
Startle Gating
Previous Indexing
Neural Inhibition (2007-2008)
Schizophrenia (1982-2008)
Public MeSH Note
2009
History Note
2009
Date Established
2009/01/01
Date of Entry
2008/07/08
Revision Date
2016/06/23
Sensory Gating Preferred
Sensorimotor Gating Narrower
Auditory Sensory Gating Narrower
Acoustic Startle Gating Narrower
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