Does stress damage the brain

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 797-805

  Bremner, J Douglas ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Hippocampus; Memory; PTSD; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PHENYTOIN; PRASTERONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TIANEPTINE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY DISORDERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033120535     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(99)00009-8     Document Type: Review

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