Discriminative delay Pavlovian eyeblink conditioning in veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 809-823

  Ginsberg, J P ^a,b   Ayers, Edwin ^c   Burriss, Louisa ^a,b   Powell, D A ^a,b  

^a WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Classical conditioning; Cognitive assessments; Depression; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DEPRESSION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VETERAN; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AIR; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMBAT DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; CORNEA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 43249096060     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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