Does stress damage the brain?

Understanding Trauma: Integrating Biological, Clinical, and Cultural Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 118-141

  Bremner, J Douglas ^a  

^a Tomography (PET)   (United States)

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EID: 77951648316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511500008.009     Document Type: Chapter

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