Effects of experimental context and explicit threat cues on acoustic startle in Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1027-1036

  Grillon, Christian ^a,b,c   Morgan III, Charles A ^a,b   Davis, Michael ^b   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual fear; PTSD; Startle reflex; Stress; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANXIETY; CUES; ELECTROSHOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0032533222     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00034-1     Document Type: Article

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