No impact of deep brain stimulation on fear–potentiated startle in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Baas, Johanna M P ^a,b   Klumpers, Floris ^c   Mantione, Mariska H ^d   Figee, Martijn ^d   Vulink, Nienke C ^d   Richard Schuurman, P ^d   Mazaheri, Ali ^d   Denys, Damiaan ^d,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Context; Deep brain stimulation; Fear potentiated startle; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEAR-POTENTIATED STARTLE TEST; HUMAN; MOOD; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84908206728     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00305     Document Type: Article

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