Molecular neuroimaging in posttraumatic stress disorder

Experimental Neurobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 277-295

  Im, Jooyeon Jamie ^a,b   Namgung, Eun ^a   Choi, Yejee ^a   Kim, Jung Yoon ^a   Rhie, Sandy Jeong ^a   Yoon, Sujung ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS); Molecular neuroimaging; Positron emission tomography (PET); Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010192518     PISSN: 12262560     EISSN: 20938144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5607/en.2016.25.6.277     Document Type: Article

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