Neural correlates of exposure to traumatic pictures and sound in Vietnam combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder: A positron emission tomography study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 806-816

  Bremner, J Douglas ^a,b,c,d,e   Staib, Lawrence H ^a   Kaloupek, Danny ^f,g   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b,e   Soufer, Robert ^a,c,e   Charney, Dennis S ^a,b,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Natl Ctr Posttraumatic Stress D   (United States)

^c Yale PET Center   (United States)

^d Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital   (United States)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cingulate; Frontal cortex; Function; Memory; Positron emission tomography; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; OXYGEN 15;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; SPATIAL MEMORY; VIET NAM; VISUAL MEMORY; WAR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMBAT DISORDERS; CUES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033120011     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00297-2     Document Type: Article

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