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Oxytocin reduces background anxiety in a fear-potentiated startle paradigm: Peripheral vs central administration. Neuropsychopharmacology 36

, 2011
Oxytocin reportedly decreases anxious feelings in humans and may therefore have therapeutic value for anxiety disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Jay Schulkin, Luke W Ayers, Jeffrey B Rosen, Galen Missig   +3 more
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HIV Interacts with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder to Impact Fear Psychophysiology in Trauma-Exposed Black Women

Women's Health Reports
Background: The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among people living with HIV (PLWH) is higher than in the general population and can impact health behaviors.
Susie Turkson, Sanne J.H. van Rooij, Abigail Powers, Ighovwerha Ofotokun, Seth D. Norrholm, Gretchen N. Neigh, Tanja Jovanovic, Vasiliki Michopoulos   +7 more
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Fear-potentiated startle reveals diminished threat extinction in pathological anxiety. [PDF]

Int J Psychophysiol, 2023
Newsome P, Ruiz SG, Gold AL, Pine DS, Abend R.   +4 more
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Neuromedin B excites central lateral amygdala neurons and reduces cardiovascular output and fear-potentiated startle. [PDF]

J Cell Physiol, 2023
Boyle CA, Lei S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Fear-potentiated startle reactivity and risk for anxiety in adolescents

, 2006
The startle blink reflex is an important tool for the study of emotion and psychopathology. Self-reported fearfulness and anxiety influence fear-potentiated startle (Cook et al., 1999) and studies with at risk adolescents (Grillon et al., 1997, 1998 ...
Ornitz, E., Zinbarg, R., Mineka, S., Craske, Michelle G., Waters, Allison   +4 more
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The relationship between anxiety sensitivity and fear-potentiated startle

, 2002
The present study evaluated the effects of fear/anticipatory anxiety on the acoustic startle reflex of participants with differing levels of anxiety sensitivity. The eyeblink component of the startle reflex, elicited by an abrupt auditory stimulus (i.e.,
Avila, Laura Leal
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Intra-amygdala injections of neuropeptide S block fear-potentiated startle

, 2010
Injections of neuropeptide S (NPS) into the lateral ventricle induce a strong hyperactivity. Since most behavioral paradigms are dependent of spontaneous locomotor activity, this makes it difficult to interpret the role of NPS in such paradigms.
Fendt, Markus, Buerki, Hugo, Imobersteg, Stefan, Mcallister, Kevin, Sailer, Andreas, Stefan Imobersteg, Hugo Bürki, Markus Fendt, Kevin H. McAllister, Andreas W. Sailer   +9 more
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The fear that remains: Associations between trauma, related psychopathology, and fear-potentiated startle in youth resettled as refugees. [PDF]

Dev Psychobiol, 2023
Grasser LR, Saad B, Bazzi C, Suhaiban HA, Mammo DF, Izar R, Rass NA, Winters SJ, Nashef R, Ali AA, Javanbakht A, Jovanovic T.   +11 more
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Pharmacological modulation of conditioned fear in the fear-potentiated startle test: a systematic review and meta-analysis of animal studies. [PDF]

Psychopharmacology (Berl), 2023
Groenink L, Verdouw PM, Zhao Y, Ter Heegde F, Wever KE, Bijlsma EY.   +5 more
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Pharmacology of human experimental anxiety

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2003
This review covers the effect of drugs affecting anxiety using four psychological procedures for inducing experimental anxiety applied to healthy volunteers and patients with anxiety disorders.
F.G. Graeff, A. Parente, C.M. Del-Ben, F.S. Guimarães   +3 more
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