Evidence for disturbed cortical signal processing and altered serotonergic neurotransmission in generalized anxiety disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 304-314

  Senkowski, Daniel ^a   Linden, Michael ^b   Zubrägel, Doris ^b   Bär, Thomas ^b   Gallinat, Jürgen ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety inventory; Auditory evoked potentials; Dipole source analysis; Generalized anxiety disorder; Loudness dependence; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIPOLE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; AUDITORY CORTEX; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037441692     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01478-6     Document Type: Article

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