Are the neural substrates of memory the final common pathway in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-17

  Elzinga, B M ^a,b   Bremner, J D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hippocampus; Memory; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONDITIONING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REPRESSION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036020027     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(01)00351-2     Document Type: Review

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