Depressed mood enhances anxiety to unpredictable threat

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1397-1407

  Robinson, O J ^a   Overstreet, C ^a   Letkiewicz, A ^a   Grillon, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; co morbidity; depression; mood; sadness; startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STARTLE REFLEX;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; COMORBIDITY; CUES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELF REPORT; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861439655     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002583     Document Type: Article

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