Tools for translational neuroscience: PTSD is associated with heightened fear responses using acoustic startle but not skin conductance measures

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1058-1066

  Glover, Ebony M ^a,b   Phifer, Justine E ^a   Crain, Daniel F ^a   Norrholm, Seth D ^a,c   Davis, Michael ^a,d   Bradley, Bekh ^a,c   Ressler, Kerry J ^a,b,d   Jovanovic, Tanja ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

fear potentiated startle; posttraumatic stress disorders; psychophysiology; skin conductance response; trauma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREKPLEXIA; MALE; NEUROSCIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSCIENCES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 82955243898     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20880     Document Type: Article

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