Post-traumatic stress disorder and vision

Optometry

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 240-252

  Trachtman, Joseph N ^a  

^a Elite Performance and Learning Center PS   (United States)

Author keywords

Limbic system; Ocular pathways; Peptides; Post traumatic stress disorder; Traumatic brain injury; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77953450425     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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