The cardiovascular startle response: Anxiety and the benzodiazepine receptor complex

Psychophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 348-357

  Berntson, Gary G ^a   Hart, Sheri ^a   Sarter, Martin ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle reflex; Benzodiazepine receptor; Cardiovascular response; FG 7142; Heart rate; Rat

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030978966     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb02405.x     Document Type: Article

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