The noradrenergic system in pathological anxiety: A focus on panic with relevance to generalized anxiety and phobias

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1205-1218

  Sullivan, G M ^a   Coplan, J D ^a   Kent, J M ^a   Gorman, J M ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Fear; Locus ceruleus; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; FLUOXETINE; GROWTH HORMONE; IMIPRAMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; YOHIMBINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; CONDITIONING; FEAR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PANIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STRESS;

EID: 0033232493     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(99)00246-2     Document Type: Review

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