Alcohol dose effects on stress response to cued threat vary by threat intensity

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 217-227

  Moberg, Christine A ^a   Weber, Stefanie M ^a   Curtin, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dose response; Anxiety; Blood alcohol concentration; Fear; Startle potentiation; Stress response dampening; Threat intensity; Threat of electric shock

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

AFFECT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; RISK FACTOR; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS; STRESS RESPONSE DAMPENING; THREAT;

EID: 85027932653     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2304-6     Document Type: Article

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