Sex differences in extinction recall in posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot fMRI study

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-108

  Shvil, Erel ^a,b   Sullivan, Gregory M ^a,b   Schafer, Scott ^c   Markowitz, John C ^a,b   Campeas, Miriam ^b   Wager, Tor D ^c   Milad, Mohammed R ^d   Neria, Yuval ^a,b  

^a Columbia University Department of Psychiatry College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

DACC; Extinction; Fear; Gender; PTSD; Recall; Sex; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84902081820     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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