Psychobiologic Mechanisms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 294-305

  Charney, Dennis S ^a,b   Deutch, Ariel Y ^a,b   Krystal, John H ^a,b   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b   Davis, Michael ^b  

^a National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; OPIATE; ENDORPHIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; WAR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CONDITIONING; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MODEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOPAMINE; ENDORPHINS; EXTINCTION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0027531792     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1993.01820160064008     Document Type: Article

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