Effects of psychological and biomechanical trauma on brain and behavior

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-57

  Mcallister, Thomas W ^a   Stein, Murray B ^b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Biomechanical trauma; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Psychological trauma; Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SLEEP; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; DISEASE MODEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149248123     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05720.x     Document Type: Article

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