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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Scientists find that in PTSD, the prefrontal cortex is underactivated, and the amygdala is overactivated. There is evidence that a core problem lies in the connections between individual nerve ...
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Discoveries: PTSD and the brain
Imagine driving along I-20 west headed to Tuscaloosa for an Alabama football game. Suddenly, a car slams on the brakes in front of you and you can’t avoid it. You crash into it. Both you and the other ...
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Ketamine study unearths surprising insights into PTSD, emotion regulation, and dissociation
Danböck and her colleagues wanted to examine the effects of ketamine on resting-state functional connectivity between the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex in individuals with PTSD.
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Novel neuronal mechanism for stress induced alteration in behavior
Persistent alteration of neuronal activity in a specialized thalamic nucleus underlies maladaptive behavioral changes after the exposure to a stressful event.
Psychology Today16d
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Scientists find that in PTSD, the prefrontal cortex is underactivated, and the amygdala is overactivated. There is evidence that a core problem lies in the connections between individual nerve ...