Physiologic responses to loud tones in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-172

  Buhlmann, Ulrike ^a   Wilhelm, Sabine ^a   Deckersbach, Thilo ^a   Rauch, Scott L ^a   Pitman, Roger K ^a   Orr, Scott P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; Galvanic skin response; Heart rate; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Skin conductance; Startle reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; BLINKING; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; NOISE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 33847692353     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31802f2799     Document Type: Article

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