Basal cortisol is positively correlated to threat vigilance in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 558-560

  Bakvis, Patricia ^a,b   Spinhoven, Philip ^a,c   Roelofs, Karin ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angry faces; Attentional vigilance; Conversion disorder; Cortisol; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal (HPA ) axis; Masked emotional Stroop; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SALIVA LEVEL; SEIZURE; THREAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SALIVA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350619613     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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