Fear-potentiated startle conditioning to explicit and contextual cues in Gulf War veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 134-142

  Grillon, Christian ^a   Morgan III, Charles A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WAR;

EID: 0033013682     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.108.1.134     Document Type: Article

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