The formation of a neural fear network in posttraumatic stress disorder: Insights from molecular genetics

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 452-469

  Wilker, Sarah ^a   Kolassa, Iris Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epigenetics; Fear network; Genetics; Genome wide association study; Memory; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890182810     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702613479583     Document Type: Article

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