Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and exposure to traumatic stressors are related to brain structural volumes and behavioral measures of affective stimulus processing in police officers

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-31

  Shucard, Janet Louise ^a,b   Cox, Jennifer ^a,b   Shucard, David William ^a,b   Fetter, Holly ^c   Chung, Charles ^a   Ramasamy, Deepa ^a,b   Violanti, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b JACOBS NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Basal Ganglia; Hyperarousal; Limbic system; MRI; Reexperiencing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATROPHY; BRAIN; FEAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; POLICE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84869809833     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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