Differential impact of the first and second wave of a stress response on subsequent fear conditioning in healthy men

Biological Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 456-468

  Antov, Martin I ^a   Wölk, Christoph ^a   Stockhorst, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Cold pressor test; Cortisol; Fear conditioning; Humans; Immediate extinction; Noradrenaline; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDIATOR; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACQUISITION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CORTISOL; FEAR CONDITIONING; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE EXTINCTION; NORADRENALINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD); STRESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SALIVA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884708886     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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