Emotion-modulated startle in anxiety disorders is blunted by co-morbid depressive episodes

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-139

  Taylor Clift, A ^a   Morris, B H ^a   Rottenberg, J ^a   Kovacs, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; co morbidity; depression; emotion; startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BLINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 78650308657     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329171000036X     Document Type: Article

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