Altered processing of contextual information during fear extinction in PTSD: An fMRI study

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-236

  Rougemont Bücking, Ansgar ^a,b   Linnman, Clas ^a   Zeffiro, Thomas A ^a   Zeidan, Mohamed A ^a   Lebron Milad, Kelimer ^a   Rodriguez Romaguera, Jose ^a,c   Rauch, Scott L ^a,d   Pitman, Roger K ^a   Milad, Mohammed R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Contextual signaling; DACC; Fear extinction; FMRI; Hippocampus; VmPFC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEARNING; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650559508     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2010.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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