Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 1 , Pages 59-64 , 30 January 2006

Evidence of resilience: Neuroimaging in former prisoners of war

  • Thomas Freeman

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Service, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS), Little Rock, AR, USA
    • South Central MIRECC, CAVHS, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. CAVHS Psychiatry Services, Little Rock VAMC, Mail Code: 116T/LR, 4300 West 7th Street, Little Rock AR 72205-5484, USA. Tel.: +1 501 257 3092; fax: +1 501 257 6602.
    • ,
  • Tim Kimbrell

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Service, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS), Little Rock, AR, USA
    • South Central MIRECC, CAVHS, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • ,
  • Leroy Booe

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Service, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS), Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • ,
  • Michael Myers

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Service, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS), Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • ,
  • David Cardwell

      Affiliations

    • South Central MIRECC, CAVHS, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • ,
  • Diana M. Lindquist

      Affiliations

    • South Central MIRECC, CAVHS, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • ,
  • John Hart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Biochemistry, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • GRECC, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • ,
  • Richard A. Komoroski

      Affiliations

    • South Central MIRECC, CAVHS, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Biochemistry, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

Received 10 May 2005 ,Revised 11 July 2005 ,Accepted 15 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.07.007

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 1 , Pages 59-64 , 30 January 2006

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