Stress-Induced Enhancement of the Startle Reflex.

Abstract

A major goal of the work funded by the Air Force over the previous grant periods was to evaluate the role of the amygdala in both conditioned and unconditioned fear and anxiety. During the last funding period, covered in the current Final Technical Report, we have investigated the role of a brain area closely associated with the amygdala, namely the bed nucleus of the stria terminals (BNST), in fear and anxiety, as well as in the anxiety producing effects of the peptide, corticotropin releasing hormone. In addition, we have obtained further evidence concerning the neural pathway that mediates the primary acoustic startle reflex, changes in which we use as our marker of conditioned fear.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 29, 1996
Accession Number
ADA322289

Entities

People

  • Michael S. Davis

Organizations

  • Yale University

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Amnesia
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Brain
  • Brain Stem
  • Data Displays
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Hormones
  • Neural Pathways
  • Neurosciences
  • New York
  • Pituitary And Hypothalamic Hormones And Analogues
  • Psychiatry
  • Research Facilities
  • Spinal Cord
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

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  • Neuroscience
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.