Psychobiological aspects of posttraumatic stress disorder;Psychobiologische aspekte der posttraumatischen belastungsstorung

Nervenarzt

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 773-779

  Ehlert, Ulrike ^a   Wagner, D ^b   Heinrichs, M ^b   Heim, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical axis; Neuroimaging; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BRAIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CATECHOLAMINE; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0032589453     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050511     Document Type: Review

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