Catecholaminergic, Neuroendocrine and Anxiety Responses to Acute Psychological Stress in Healthy Subjects: Influence of Alprazolam Administration

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-43

  Santagostino, Giuseppe ^a   Amoretti, Guido ^b   Frattini, Pietro ^a   Zerbi, Francesco ^c   Cucchi, Maria Laura ^a   Preda, Stefania ^a   Corona, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a IRIS Postgraduate School of Psychotherapy Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry Institute of Pharmacological   (Italy)

^b Institutes of Psychology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alprazolam; Biochemical and psychological responses; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; ADRENALIN; ALPRAZOLAM; CORTICOTROPIN; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVODOPA; METADRENALIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN; PLACEBO; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIOLENCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAR;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANXIETY; CATECHOLAMINES; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; STRESS;

EID: 0029740409     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119289     Document Type: Article

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