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Title: Alteration of platelet benzodiazepine receptors by stress of war.
Author: Weizman, Ronit; Laor, Nathaniel; Karp, Leon
Abstract:
Determined plasma cortisol levels, platelet levels of mitochondrial benzodiazepine receptors, and anxiety and depression scores in 11 civilians exposed to repeated missile attacks during the Persian Gulf war. The density of mitochondrial benzodiazepine re
Journal: American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 151(5), May 1994: 766-767.