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Definition of Hyperarousal
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperarousal
Literary usage of Hyperarousal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Coexisting Mental Illness and by Richard Ries (1996)
"Stimulant intoxication, including caffeine intoxication, can cause motor tension,
autonomie hyperactivity, hyperarousal, and panic attacks. ..."
2. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"... leading to Several of the multiple factors that dysphoric hyperarousal, chronic
acti- determine the stress response of indi- vation of the HPA axis and ..."
3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"... mechanisms in the central nervous system, impaired monoaminergic neurotrans-
mission, or hyperarousal secondary to intraneuronal sodium concentration). ..."
4. Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders edited by Richard A. Rawson, Rose M. Urban (2000)
"During this "rebound" period, suspiciousness, confusion, hyperarousal, and other
elements of paranoid thinking may also appear. ..."
5. Treating the Lifetime Health Effects of Childhood Victimizationby Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett (2003)
"... decreases symptoms of physiological hyperarousal in traumatized children.
Unpublished manuscript. Perry, BD, & Pollard, R. (1998). ..."
6. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"... as did Venables (1964), who suggested that chronic patients developed a
cognitive style of narrowing attention in response to states of hyperarousal. ..."
7. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"... inactive at 30.0 I-PP is a major metabolite of buspirone which we reported to
attenuate opiate withdrawal and cocaine hyperarousal. ..."
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