Acquisition and extinction of somatic symptoms in response to odours: A pavlovian paradigm relevant to multiple chemical sensitivity

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 295-301

  Van Den Bergh, Omer ^a,b   Stegen, Kris ^a   Van Diest, Ilse ^a   Raes, Cathy ^a   Stulens, Peter ^a   Eelen, Paul ^a   Veulemans, Hendrik ^a   Van de Woestijne, Karel P ^a   Nemery, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

CO2 inhalation; Extinction; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Odours; Pavlovian conditioning

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; BREATHING REFLEX; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DISORDER; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032914560     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.5.295     Document Type: Article

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