Stress differentially modulates fear conditioning in healthy men and women

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 516-522

  Jackson, Eric D ^a   Payne, Jessica D ^a   Nadel, Lynn ^a   Jacobs, W Jake ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Fear; Gender differences; Glucocorticoids; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644624032     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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