Posttraumatic stress symptoms and brain function during a response-inhibition task: An fMRI study in youth

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 514-526

  Carrion, Victor G ^a,c   Garrett, Amy ^a   Menon, Vinod ^a   Weems, Carl F ^b   Reiss, Allan L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Child maltreatment; Early life stress; Junctional imaging; PTSS; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; JUVENILE; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 46049085422     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20346     Document Type: Article

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