Elevated circulatory of GABA(A) - Antagonistic neurosteroids in patients with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1227-1231

  Spivak, B ^a,b,c,d   Maayan, R ^a,b,c,d   Kotler, M ^a,b,c,d   Mester, R ^a,b,c,d   Gil Ad, I ^a,b,c,d   Shtaif, B ^a,b,c,d   Weizman, A ^a,b,c,d  

^a NESS ZIONA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; OUTPATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; VETERAN;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 0033626831     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799002731     Document Type: Article

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