Plasma neuropeptide Y concentrations in combat exposed veterans: Relationship to trauma exposure, recovery from PTSD, and coping

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 660-663

  Yehuda, Rachel ^a,b   Brand, Sarah ^a   Yang, Ren Kui ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Bronx VA OOMH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Neuropeptide Y; Neurotransmitters; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Resilience

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; REMISSION INDUCTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 33644817491     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.027     Document Type: Article

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