Estrogen levels are associated with extinction deficits in women with posttraumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-24

  Glover, Ebony M ^a   Jovanovic, Tanja ^a   Mercer, Kristina B ^a,b   Kerley, Kimberly ^a   Bradley, Bekh ^a,c   Ressler, Kerry J ^a,b,d   Norrholm, Seth D ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; estrogen; fear extinction; fear potentiated startle; PTSD; trauma

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEAR; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY GATING; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ESTROGENS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862016987     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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