Is there a hypersensitive visual alarm system in panic disorder?

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 387-391

  Caldirola, Daniela ^a   Teggi, Roberto ^b   Bondi, Stefano ^b   Lopes, Fabiana Leao ^b   Grassi, Massimiliano ^a   Bussi, Mario ^b   Perna, Giampaolo ^a,c  

^a San Benedetto Hospital   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Balance; Posturography; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; PANIC; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABILOGRAPHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PANIC DISORDER; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSATION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954613320     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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