The human fear-circuitry and fear-induced fainting in healthy individuals: The paleolithic-threat hypothesis

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-241

  Bracha, H Stefan ^a   Bracha, Adam S ^b   Williams, Andrew E ^c   Ralston, Tyler C ^a   Matsukawa, Jennifer M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Combat; Fainting; Fearcircuitry; Human evolution; Stress induced disorders; War

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COLLAPSE; DISASTER; ETHICS; FEAR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYNCOPE; TERRORISM; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGING; ANDROGENS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EVOLUTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SYNCOPE; WAR;

EID: 21344469089     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-005-0245-z     Document Type: Review

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