Traumatic memories: Bridging the gap between functional neuroimaging and psychotherapy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 478-488

  Peres, Julio F P ^a   McFarlane, Alexander ^b   Nasello, Antonia G ^c   Moores, Kathryn A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Medical School of Santa Casa of Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multiple memory systems; Neuroimaging; Neuroscience; Psychotherapy; Traumatic memory

Indexed keywords

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; META ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECALL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 45949090716     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802050561     Document Type: Review

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