The psychobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 9, 1997, Pages 16-24

  Van Der Kolk, Bessel A ^a,b  

^a HRI Trauma Center   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHODYNAMICS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; SEROTONIN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030931877     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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