Imaging in posttraumatic stress disorder

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-33

  Robinson, Benjamin L ^a   Shergill, Sukhi S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fear; functional; imaging; PTSD; reward; structural

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEAR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REWARD; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CAUSALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REWARD; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 78650581397     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283413519     Document Type: Article

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