Is posttraumatic stress disorder a stress-induced fear circuitry disorder?

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 409-415

  Shin, Lisa M ^a,b   Handwerger, Kathryn ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 74549217807     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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