Will reconsolidation blockade offer a novel treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder?

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH, 2011, Pages

  Pitman, Roger K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOMYCIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSERINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; STRESS HORMONE;

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84855344626     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00011     Document Type: Article

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