The neurobiological role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in recovery from trauma: Longitudinal brain imaging study among survivors of the South Korean subway disaster

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 701-713

  Lyoo, In Kyoon ^a   Kim, Jieun E ^a,b   Yoon, Sujung J ^c   Hwang, Jaeuk ^a,d   Bae, Sujin ^a   Kim, Dajung J ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISASTER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RAILWAY; SOUTH KOREA; SURVIVOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAILROADS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960314263     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.70     Document Type: Article

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