The Genetic Covariation Between Fear Conditioning and Self-Report Fears

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 587-593

  Hettema, John M ^a   Annas, Peter ^c   Neale, Michael C ^a,b   Fredrikson, Mats ^c   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endophenotype; fear conditioning; fears; phobias; psychophysiology; twin study

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONDITIONING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEAR; FEAR CONDITIONING; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SELF DISCLOSURE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 39449122231     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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