Anxiety, panic and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Graeff, Frederico G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Hormones; Hypothalamus; Pituitary adrenal system; Stress

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORTICOTROPIN; FLUMAZENIL; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; PENTAGASTRIN; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST; STRESS HORMONE; TETRAGASTRIN; YOHIMBINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFE; LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PANIC; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LACTIC ACID; PANIC DISORDER; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROLACTIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34249783466     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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