Changes in relative glucose metabolic rate following cortisol administration in aging veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: An FDG-PET neuroimaging study

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-143

  Yehuda, Rachel ^a,b,d   Harvey, Philip D ^c   Golier, Julia A ^a,b   Newmark, Randall E ^a   Bowie, Christopher R ^a,b   Wohltmann, Janelle J ^a,b   Grossman, Robert A ^a   Schmeidler, James ^a   Hazlett, Erin A ^a   Buchsbaum, Monte S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Bronx VA OOMH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VETERAN; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 67749095894     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2009.21.2.132     Document Type: Article

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