An open-label trial of memantine for cognitive impairment in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Aging Research

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ramaswamy, Sriram ^a,b   Madabushi, Jayakrishna ^c   Hunziker, John ^a,b   Bhatia, Subhash C ^a,b   Petty, Frederick ^d,e  

^a VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Baptist Health System   (United States)

^d Orlando VA Medical Service   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMANTINE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED PTSD SCALE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MOOD; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE ENJOYMENT AND SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; REPEATABLE BATTERY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS; SHEEHAN DISABILITY SCALE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VETERAN; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

EID: 84930629871     PISSN: 20902204     EISSN: 20902212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/934162     Document Type: Article

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