The impact of cue learning, trait anxiety and genetic variation in the serotonin 1A receptor on contextual fear

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 506-514

  Baas, Johanna M P ^a   Heitland, Ivo ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

5 HTR1A C( 1019)G; Context; Fear conditioning; Fear potentiated startle; Rs6295; Trait anxiety (STAI)

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICS; VIRTUAL REALITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTROSHOCK; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STARTLE REFLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; REFLEX, STARTLE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949538455     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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