When the threat comes from inside the body: A neuroscience based learning perspective of the etiology of panic disorder

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-93

  Hamm, Alfons O ^a   Richter, Jan ^a   Pané Farré, Christiane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

anticipatory anxiety; defense cascade; fear learning; Panic disorder; phobic avoidance; startle potentiation

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BOLD SIGNAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DSM-IV-TR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LATERAL AMYGDALA; LEARNING; LEARNING THEORY; LUNG VENTILATION; MOBILIZATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX; THREAT;

ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; DEFENSE CASCADE; FEAR LEARNING; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC AVOIDANCE; STARTLE POTENTIATION;

DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEUROSCIENCES; PANIC DISORDER;

EID: 84892881861     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-139011     Document Type: Article

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