The carbon dioxide challenge test in panic disorder: A systematic review of preclinical and clinical research

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 318-331

  do Amaral, Julio Mario Xerfan ^a,b   Spadaro, Pedro Tadeu Machado ^a,b   Pereira, Valeska Martinho ^a,b   e Silva, Adriana Cardoso de Oliveira ^a   Nardi, Antonio Egidio ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b National Science and Technology Institute for Translational Medicine (INCT TM)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide challenge; Clinical research; Panic attacks; Panic disorder; Respiratory challenge

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLONAZEPAM; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; NALTREXONE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE; YOHIMBINE;

ANXIETY; CARBON DIOXIDE CHALLENGE TEST; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERVENTILATION; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; PANIC DISORDER; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885107975     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2012-1045     Document Type: Review

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