期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
卷 71, 期 2, 页码 109-117出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.07.013
关键词
Anticipatory anxiety; Anxious apprehension; Panic disorder; Anxiety sensitivity; Fear-potentiated startle; Heart rate variability
资金
- Department of Neuroscience at the University of Greifswald
- federal government [01GV0614]
- Krupp-Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald
Background: Anticipatory anxiety, which can be indexed by the startle potentiation to a threat of shock, has been implicated in the development of panic disorder. Large individual differences exist in startle potentiation to threat of shock but few differences have been found between panic patients in general and non-anxious controls. The present studies explored resting heart rate variability (HRV) as a source of individual differences in startle potentiation in students at risk for panic disorder and in unmedicated panic patients. Methods: Participants in Study I were 22 students high and 21 students low in anxiety sensitivity (AS). Nine unmedicated panic patients and 15 matched non-anxious controls were included in Study 2. Startle potentiation to the threat of shock was examined as a function of AS (Study 1) and diagnostic category (Study 2) as well as resting HRV. Results: Whereas no differences in startle potentiation were found as a function of AS or panic disorder diagnosis in general, both studies revealed that low resting HRV was associated with exaggerated startle responses to the threat of shock. Conclusions: The present results replicate and extend the sparse literature on fear-potentiated startle in panic disorder. Low HRV was associated with more pronounced startle potentiation to both explicit and contextual cues. Thus, low HRV may be a useful endophenotype for at least some anxiety disorders. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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