Sex Differences across Retrospective Transitions in Posttraumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorders
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Peltier M, Verplaetse T, Altemus M, Zakiniaeiz Y, Ralevski E, Mineur Y, Gueorguieva R, Picciotto M, Cosgrove K, Petrakis I, McKee S. The role of neurosteroids in posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder: A review of 10 years of clinical literature and treatment implications. Frontiers In Neuroendocrinology 2024, 73: 101119. PMID: 38184208, PMCID: PMC11185997, DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2023.101119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderAlcohol use disorderStress disorderContext of PTSDPTSD/AUDConcurrent posttraumatic stress disorderUnderlying neurobiological mechanismsUse disordersAlcohol-related variablesNeurobiological mechanismsPTSD diagnosisTreatment developmentTreatment implicationsBody of literatureNovel interventionsClinical literatureRole of neurosteroidsDisordersTreatment outcomesYears of researchAlcohol consumptionExogenous pregnenolonePharmacological treatmentBiological variablesAllopregnanolone