Neuroimaging findings in post-traumatic stress disorder
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Neuroimaging findings in post-traumatic stress disorder. Systematic review.
BACKGROUND Findings from neuroimaging studies complement our understanding of the wide-ranging neurobiological changes in trauma survivors who develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). AIMS To determine whether neuroimaging studies had identified structural and functional changes specific to PTSD. METHOD A review of all functional and structural neuroimaging studies of subjects with PT...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1017/s000712500016180x