Exposure to stress attenuates fear retrieval in healthy men

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-96

  Merz, Christian J ^a   Hamacher Dang, Tanja C ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Memory; Socially Evaluated Cold Pressor Test; Stress hormones

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPOSURE; FEAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SALIVA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893412267     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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