Alprazolam reduces response to loud tones in panic disorder but not in posttraumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-68

  Shalev, Arieh Y ^a   Bloch, Miki ^a   Peri, Tuvia ^a   Bonne, Omer ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alprazolam; Auditory startle; Panic disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; SENSITIZATION; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0032124809     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)80008-5     Document Type: Article

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