Clinical perspectives on neurobiological effects of psychological trauma

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-129

  Weber, Deborah A ^a   Reynolds, Cecil R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurobiology; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTISONE; DOPAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EMOTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMPULSIVENESS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SELF CONTROL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; STRESS; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AMYGDALA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 3543037575     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NERV.0000028082.13778.14     Document Type: Review

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