The effects of stress exposure on prefrontal cortex: Translating basic research into successful treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder

Neurobiology of Stress

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-99

  Arnsten, Amy F T ^a   Raskind, Murray A ^b   Taylor, Fletcher B ^c   Connor, Daniel F ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Rainier Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Dopamine; Guanfacine; Norepinephrine; Pediatric; Prazosin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CATECHOLAMINE; CLONIDINE; DOPAMINE; GUANFACINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO; PRAZOSIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; URAPIDIL; YOHIMBINE;

ACUTE STRESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONIC STRESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DSM-5; FEAR; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MORNING DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84921928728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23522895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2014.10.002     Document Type: Review

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