Old drug ifenprodil, new hope for PTSD with a history of childhood abuse

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 375-376

  Hashimoto, Kenji ^a   Sasaki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kishimoto, Akira ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yonago Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; IFENPRODIL TARTRATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PIPERIDINES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84879607496     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3092-y     Document Type: Letter

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