The Neurobiological Effects of Trauma

Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue , 2003, Pages 259-282

  Lester, Patricia ^a   Wong, Susan W ^a   Hendren, Robert L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLONIDINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GUANFACINE; HYDROCORTISONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PAROXETINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SERTRALINE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FIGHTING; FLIGHT; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROMODULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 0242676126     PISSN: 00652008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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