Atrophy of the hippocampus in posttraumatic stress disorder: How and when?

Hippocampus

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 90-91

  Sapolsky, Robert M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD ABUSE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CUSHING DISEASE; DENDRITE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SOLDIER; STRESS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0035033799     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.1026     Document Type: Article

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