Blood pressure and cerebrospinal fluid norepinephrine in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 757-759

  Strawn, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Ekhator, Nosakhare N ^a,b   Horn, Paul S ^b,c   Baker, Dewleen G ^a,b   Geracioti Jr , Thomas D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Mean arterial pressure; NE; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAR;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; COMBAT DISORDERS; DIASTOLE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYSTOLE; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 4944243213     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000138133.72365.45     Document Type: Article

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