Effects of acute exercise on fear extinction in rats and exposure therapy in humans: Null findings from five experiments

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 50, Issue , 2017, Pages 76-86

  Jacquart, Jolene ^a   Roquet, Rheall F ^a   Papini, Santiago ^a   Powers, Mark B ^a,b   Rosenfield, David ^c   Smits, Jasper A J ^a   Monfils, Marie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrophobia; Augmentation; Exercise; Exposure therapy; Fear extinction; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOBIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANXIETY DISORDER; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EXERCISE; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020469423     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.05.010     Document Type: Article

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