Relationship of cortisol, norepinephrine, and epinephrine levels with war-induced posttraumatic stress disorder in fathers and their offspring

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 93-98

  Yahyavi, Seyyed Taha ^a,b   Zarghami, Mehran ^b,c   Naghshvar, Farshad ^c   Danesh, Ahmad ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Epinephrine; Norepinephrine; Offspring; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV-TR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; BLOOD; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84931465272     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2014-1414     Document Type: Article

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