Impaired discriminative fear-conditioning resulting from elevated fear responding to learned safety cues among individuals with panic disorder

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-118

  Lissek, Shmuel ^a   Rabin, Stephanie J ^a   McDowell, Dana J ^a   Dvir, Sharone ^a   Bradford, Daniel E ^a   Geraci, Marilla ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Grillon, Christian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical fear conditioning; Fear potentiated startle; Panic disorder; Psychophysiology; Safety learning; Stimulus generalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT; REFLEX, STARTLE;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STARTLE REFLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349093003     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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