Hippocampal function during associative learning in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-318

  Werner, Natalie S ^a   Meindl, Thomas ^b   Engel, Rolf R ^a   Rosner, Rita ^a   Riedel, Michael ^a   Reiser, Maximilian ^b   Fast, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associative learning; fMRI; Hippocampus; Memory; Parahippocampus; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 57749188252     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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