Perceived threat predicts the neural sequelae of combat stress

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 664-671

  Van Wingen, G A ^a,b,c   Geuze, E ^d,e   Vermetten, E ^d,e   Fernandez G ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Ministerie van Defensie   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACC; amygdala; combat; fMRI; PTSD; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957534315     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2010.132     Document Type: Article

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