Neurophysiological Responses to Traumatic Reminders in the Acute Aftermath of Serious Motor Vehicle Collisions Using [15O]-H2O Positron Emission Tomography

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-335

  Osuch, Elizabeth A ^a   Willis, Mark W ^b   Bluhm, Robyn ^a   Ursano, Robert J ^b   Drevets, Wayne C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; amygdala; fear extinction; perirhinal cortex; PET; prefrontal cortex; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 48149103215     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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