Cardiovascular reactivity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) patients undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Stress, Trauma and Crisis

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 243-255

  Emdad, Reza ^a   Söndergaard, Hans Peter ^b   Agartz, Ingrid ^c   Theorell, Töres ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fear; MRI; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychophysiological reactions; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044527946     PISSN: 15434613     EISSN: 15434591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/5434610490888045     Document Type: Review

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