The clenching-grinding spectrum and fear circuitry disorders: Clinical insights from the neuroscience/paleoanthropology interface

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 311-318

  Bracha, H Stefan ^a,b,c   Ralston, Tyler C ^d   Williams, Andrew E ^d   Yamashita, Jennifer M ^d   Bracha, Adam S ^d  

^a Vet Aff Natl Ctr P   (United States)

^b VA Pac Islands Health Care System   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BRUXISM; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FACE PAIN; FEAR; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INCISOR; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSCIENCE; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 17144416823     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S109285290002263X     Document Type: Review

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