No interactive effects of naltrexone and benzodiazepines on pain during phobic fear

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-86

  Janssen, Sabine A ^a   Arntz, Arnoud ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Benzodiazepines; Endogenous opioids; Naltrexone; Pain

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NALTREXONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PAIN; PHOBIA; SPIDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANXIETY; BENZODIAZEPINES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NALTREXONE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0032890009     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00100-4     Document Type: Article

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