Structural brain changes in PTSD. Does trauma alter neuroanatomy?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 821, Issue , 1997, Pages 76-82

  Stein, Murray B ^a   Hanna, Cindy ^b   Koverola, Catherine ^b   Torchia, Mark ^c   McClarty, Blake ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID;

BATTLE INJURY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMATE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE;

PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030794674     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48270.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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