What's missing in posttraumatic stress disorder research? Studies of human postmortem tissue

Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 398-403

  Krystal, John H ^a,b,c   Duman, Ronald ^a,b,c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Abraham Ribicoff Research Facilities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STRESS;

BRAIN; HUMANS; RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 12844250545     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.67.4.398.56567     Document Type: Note

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