Anxiety vulnerability in women: A two-hit hypothesis

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-80

  Catuzzi, Jennifer E ^a,b   Beck, Kevin D ^a,b,c  

^a Research Service   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Behavioral inhibition; Classical conditioning; Female; Instrumental conditioning; Sex differences; Wistar Kyoto rat

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION; CLASSICAL CONDITIONING; FEAR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

AVOIDANCE; BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION; CLASSICAL CONDITIONING; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; SEX DIFFERENCES; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WOMEN;

EID: 84907286125     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.01.023     Document Type: Review

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