Cold pressor test improves fear extinction in healthy men

Highlights • We tested effects of the cold pressor test (CPT) on fear extinction in healthy men. • CPT vs. control was positioned immediately prior to extinction training on Day 1. • On Day 1 the CPT-group showed significant reduction in conditioned responses. • The control group showed no reduction...

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Published inPsychoneuroendocrinology Vol. 54; pp. 54 - 59
Main Authors Antov, Martin I, Melicherová, Ursula, Stockhorst, Ursula
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2015
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Cold pressor test
Cold Temperature
Conditioning, Classical - physiology
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Extinction retrieval
Extinction, Psychological - physiology
Fear - psychology
Fear extinction
Humans
Male
Memory
Noradrenaline
Psychiatry
Stress
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Young Adult
Fear extinction
Extinction retrieval
Cold pressor test
Noradrenaline
Humans
Stress
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Summary:Highlights • We tested effects of the cold pressor test (CPT) on fear extinction in healthy men. • CPT vs. control was positioned immediately prior to extinction training on Day 1. • On Day 1 the CPT-group showed significant reduction in conditioned responses. • The control group showed no reduction on Day 1. • 24 h later (Day 2) the CPT-group also had a better extinction retention index.
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ISSN:0306-4530
1873-3360
DOI:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.01.009