Hypersensitivity to carbon dioxide in panic disorder.
Seven male panic patients did not panic but were significantly more sensitive to steady-state carbon dioxide inhalation than five male normal control subjects. The male patients' hypersensitivity to carbon dioxide was unrelated to current state of anxiety or acute panic.
Papp
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Biological Studies Unit, New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY 10032.
Goetz
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R
Cole
R
R
Klein
D F
DF
Jordan
F
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Liebowitz
M R
MR
Fyer
A J
AJ
Hollander
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Gorman
J M
JM
D001007:Anxiety / Q000503:physiopathology; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000097:blood; D005239:Fear / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D010200:Panic / Q000187:drug effects*; D010313:Partial Pressure; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000503:physiopathology*
D002245:Carbon Dioxide