Glutamate and post-traumatic stress disorder: toward a psychobiology of dissociation.
Chambers RA, Bremner JD, Moghaddam B, Southwick SM, Charney DS, Krystal JH. Glutamate and post-traumatic stress disorder: toward a psychobiology of dissociation. Seminars In Clinical Neuropsychiatry 1999, 4: 274-81. PMID: 10553033, DOI: 10.153/scnp00400274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderGlutamate releaseNMDA antagonistsStress disorderN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subtypeDevelopment of PTSDDissociative symptomsStress exposureRecent preclinical dataTraumatic stress exposureHyperglutamatergic stateNeuroprotective potentialPreclinical dataNeural toxicityClinical studiesGlutamate receptorsTraumatized individualsPerceptual effectsPerceptual alterationsNeural plasticityAntagonistBrain functionSymptomsInfluence behaviorDrugs