The role of trauma-related distractors on neural systems for working memory and emotion processing in posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 809-817

  Morey, Rajendra A ^a,b,c   Dolcos, Florin ^e   Petty, Christopher M ^c   Cooper, Debra A ^f   Hayes, Jasmeet Pannu ^a,b,c   LaBar, Kevin S ^b   McCarthy, Gregory ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Emotion processing; fMRI; PTSD; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 64249097397     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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