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Changes in plasma norepinephrine to combat-related stimuli among Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder
E B Blanchard1, L C Kolb, A Prins
1Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Albany.
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
Plasma norepinephrine samples were obtained before and after exposure to auditory stimuli reminiscent of combat from two groups of male Vietnam veterans with combat experience: one with diagnoses of PTSD (N = 15) and one with no mental disorder (N = 6). Results showed a significant 30% rise in plasma norepinephrine for the PTSD group, with no change in the comparison group.