Exogenous cortisol exerts effects on the startle reflex independent of emotional modulation

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-210

  Buchanan, Tony W ^a,b   Brechtel, Anette ^c   Sollers III, John J ^a,b   Lovallo, William R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortisol; Emotion; Startle

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; EMOTION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SALIVA; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0035077282     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(00)00450-0     Document Type: Article

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