New insights into cortisol levels in PTSD

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 176-

  Costa, Gabriela de Moraes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

AROUSAL; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LETTER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; METABOLISM;

HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84974785102     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2015-1795     Document Type: Letter

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