Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma β-endorphin in combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 517-529

  Baker, Dewleen G ^a,b   West, Scott A ^a   Orth, David N ^c   Hill, Kelly K ^a   Nicholson, Wendell E ^c   Ekhator, Nosa N ^a,b   Bruce, Ann B ^a   Wortman, Matthew D ^a   Keck Jr , Paul E ^a   Geracioti Jr , Thomas D ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lipotropin; endorphin; Cerebrospinal fluid; Opioids; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Pro opiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA LIPOTROPIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BETA-LIPOTROPIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 0030722851     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(97)00053-X     Document Type: Article

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