Working memory function in post-traumatic stress disorder: An event-related potential study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1096-1106

  Veltmeyer, Melinda D ^a   Clark, C Richard ^a   McFarlane, Alexander C ^b   Moores, Kathryn A ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^c   Gordon, Evian ^d,e,f  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Brain Resource International Database   (Australia)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Medication effects; PTSD; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 65849100410     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.03.024     Document Type: Article

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