Effect of repeated visual traumatic stimuli on the event related P3 brain potential in post-traumatic stress disorder

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 45-55

  Bleich, Avi ^a,b   Attias, Joseph ^b   Furman, Vladimir ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Inhibition; P3; PTSD; Traumatic experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISION; WAR;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VISION; WAR;

EID: 0030101754     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459608986350     Document Type: Article

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