Stressor controllability, anxiety, and serotonin

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 595-613

  Maier, Steven F ^a   Watkins, Linda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Fear; Learned helplessness; Serotonin; Stress; Stressor controllability

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG ABUSE; FEAR; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STRESS;

EID: 0032418166     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018794104325     Document Type: Review

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