Compelling evidence that exposure therapy for PTSD normalizes brain function

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 199, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-65

  Roy, Michael J ^a   Costanzo, Michelle E ^a   Blair, James R ^b   Rizzo, Albert A ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

combat stress; exposure therapy; functional magnetic resonance imaging; posttraumatic stress; Vrtual reality

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EXPOSURE THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MILITARY SERVICES; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPIES; VRTUAL REALITY;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84903149862     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-401-5-61     Document Type: Article

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