Systematic desensitization is an evidence-based therapy approach that combines relaxation techniques with gradual exposure to help you slowly overcome a phobia. During systematic desensitization, also ...

Drug hypersensitivity reaction is an immune-mediated reaction to a drug. Hypersensitivity reactions may vary in severity from mild to life-threatening. Reactions prompt the discontinuation of the ...

One evidence-based technique in psychotherapy for overcoming anxiety is desensitization. By repeatedly facing threatening situations under calm, controlled emotional conditions, we learn to respond in ...

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a fairly new, nontraditional type of psychotherapy. It's getting more popular, particularly for treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

For most phobias, systematic desensitization, developed by Joseph Wolpe, can be used to gradually expose the amygdala to a phobic situation. By gradual exposure, the amygdala becomes accoustomed to ...

Studies were conducted to define the kinetics of the onset of and recovery from desensitization for human α4β2-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) heterologously expressed in the SH-EP1 human ...

A small prospective, double-blind study in children with IgE-mediated cow’s milk allergy (CMA) found that heated cow’s milk ...

The presynaptic release of neurotransmitters is a prelude to their diffusion across the synaptic cleft and subsequent activation of postsynaptic ionotropic receptors, which are responsible for fast ...

Drug desensitization is the process by which a patient is densensitized to a drug that they allergic to in the past. This induces a temporary state of tolerance, during which the drug can be ...