2003
Toward early pharmacological posttraumatic stress intervention
Morgan CA, Krystal JH, Southwick SM. Toward early pharmacological posttraumatic stress intervention. Biological Psychiatry 2003, 53: 834-843. PMID: 12725976, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(03)00116-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderExtreme psychological traumaStress-related symptomsIntrusive memoriesPsychological processingExtreme arousalTrauma survivorsPsychological traumaStress disorderStress interventionsAcute aftermathExtreme stressPharmacologic interventionsAdaptive roleEffective pharmacologic interventionsPotential pharmacologic interventionsInterventionTransient symptomsImmediate aftermathArousalEmpirical dataEarly symptomsMemorySymptomsTrauma
1996
Neural Mechanisms in dissociative amnesia for childhood abuse: relevance to the current controversy surrounding the "false memory syndrome"
Bremner JD, Krystal JH, Charney DS, Southwick SM. Neural Mechanisms in dissociative amnesia for childhood abuse: relevance to the current controversy surrounding the "false memory syndrome". American Journal Of Psychiatry 1996, 153: 71-82. PMID: 8659644, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.7.71.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFalse memory syndromeMemory tracesChildhood abuseDissociative amnesiaEffects of stressMemory functionMemory syndromeNeurobiology of memoryBrain regionsNormal memory functionChildren's memoryTraumatic stressorsSpecific brain regionsNeural mechanismsStressful eventsMemoryAmnesiaExtreme stressBrain chemistryAbuseRecallPsychiatric disordersLong-term alterationsLong-term effectsNormal persons