Neurocircuitry models of posttraumatic stress disorder and beyond: A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2130-2142

  Patel, Ronak ^a   Spreng, R Nathan ^b   Shin, Lisa M ^c   Girard, Todd A ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central executive network; Default network; FMRI; Neuroimaging; PTSD; Salience network

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGULAR GYRUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; INSULA; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUTAMEN; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THALAMUS;

BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; NERVE NET; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84865653606     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.06.003     Document Type: Review

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