Open AccessSympathetic Activity in Patients With Panic Disorder at Rest, Under Laboratory Mental Stress, and During Panic Attacks
Author(s) -
Dominic Wilkinson,
Jane M. Thompson,
Gavin Lambert,
Garry Jennings,
Rosemary Schwarz,
Don Jefferys,
Andrea Turner,
Murray Esler
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.55.6.511
Subject(s) - panic , panic disorder , catecholamine , epinephrine , medicine , sympathetic nervous system , norepinephrine , autonomic nervous system , endocrinology , heart rate , psychology , anesthesia , blood pressure , psychiatry , anxiety , dopamine
The sympathetic nervous system has long been believed to be involved in the pathogenesis of panic disorder, but studies to date, most using peripheral venous catecholamine measurements, have yielded conflicting and equivocal results. We tested sympathetic nervous function in patients with panic disorder by using more sensitive methods.
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