Translational fear inhibition models as indices of trauma-related psychopathology

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-204

  Norrholm, Seth D ^a,b   Jovanovic, Tanja ^b  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychophysiology; Translation; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEAR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SLEEP; STIMULUS; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

EID: 80052195484     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: 18756441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340011797183193     Document Type: Review

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