A neurobehavioral account for individual differences in resilience to chronic military stress

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1011-1023

  Lin, T ^a,b   Vaisvaser, S ^a,b   Fruchter, E ^c   Admon, R ^a   Wald, I ^b   Pine, D S ^d   Bar Haim, Y ^b   Hendler, T ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^d Institute of Mental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

dACC deactivation; hippocampal activity; PTSD symptoms; threat bias; trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BRAIN; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONALITY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924662194     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714002013     Document Type: Article

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