Neural correlates of recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder: A longitudinal fMRI investigation of memory encoding

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1771-1778

  Dickie, Erin W ^a   Brunet, Alain ^a,b   Akerib, Vivian ^a   Armony, Jorge L ^a,b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Hippocampus; Medial prefrontal cortex; Post traumatic stress disorder; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956078304     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.02.055     Document Type: Article

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