Fear
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Low-dose oral midazolam reduces fear and distress during needle procedures in children with cancer.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Children with cancer often mention needle procedures as the most frightening, distressing, and sometimes painful aspect of the disease and treatment. The aim was to investigate whether children experience less fear, distress, and/or pain ... Read more...

Etomidate targets alpha5 gamma-aminobutyric acid subtype A receptors to regulate synaptic plasticity and memory blockade.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The memory-blocking properties of general anesthetics have recently received considerable attention because of concerns related to intraoperative awareness and postoperative cognitive dysfunction. The goal of this study was to identify ... Read more...

The study of personal constructs of death and fear of death among Taiwanese adolescents.

30 Oct 2009 This study administered an open-ended questionnaire about death and the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale (MFODS) to explore the relationships between personal constructs about death and fears of death among Taiwanese adolescents. The sample ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Fear'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Low-dose oral midazolam reduces fear and distress during needle procedures in children with cancer. 13 Dec 2009
• Etomidate targets alpha5 gamma-aminobutyric acid subtype A receptors to regulate synaptic plasticity and memory blockade. 30 Oct 2009
• The study of personal constructs of death and fear of death among Taiwanese adolescents. 30 Oct 2009
• Effects of Lorazepam and citalopram on human defensive reactions: ethopharmacological differentiation of fear and anxiety. 5 Oct 2009
• A survey of adolescent experiences of human papillomavirus vaccination in the Manchester study. 4 Oct 2009
• Factors governing single-trial contextual fear conditioning in the weanling rat. 29 Sep 2009
• Ionizing radiation impairs the formation of trace fear memories and reduces hippocampal neurogenesis. 29 Sep 2009
• From threat to fear: the neural organization of defensive fear systems in humans. 28 Sep 2009
• The "fear factor" for surgical masks and face shields, as perceived by children and their parents. 26 Sep 2009
• Fear of statins? 13 Sep 2009
• Dopamine is necessary for cue-dependent fear conditioning. 7 Sep 2009
• Suppression of hippocampal TRPM7 protein prevents delayed neuronal death in brain ischemia. 4 Sep 2009
• Perineuronal nets protect fear memories from erasure. 2 Sep 2009
• Neuroscience. Erasing fear memories. 2 Sep 2009
• Fear extinction across development: the involvement of the medial prefrontal cortex as assessed by temporary inactivation and immunohistochemistry. 31 Aug 2009
• A balancing act: D4 receptor activation and the neurobiological basis of emotional learning. 31 Aug 2009
• Swine CAFOs & novel H1N1 flu: separating facts from fears. 30 Aug 2009
• Previous birth experience and birth anxiety: predictors of caesarean section on demand? 30 Aug 2009
• Prenatal fear of childbirth and anxiety sensitivity. 30 Aug 2009
• "Universal Precautions": perinatal touch and examination after childhood sexual abuse. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Fear'

Definition: The affective response to an actual current external danger which subsides with the elimination of the threatening condition.

Descriptor UI: D005239

Alternative terms: Fear; Fears;

Related Mesh Headings: Phobic Disorders;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics; psychology;

Tree Number: F01.470.361;

Technical Notes: human & animal