Plastic modulation of PTSD resting-state networks and subjective wellbeing by EEG neurofeedback

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-136

  Kluetsch, R C ^a   Ros, T ^b   Theberge J ^c   Frewen, P A ^d   Calhoun, V D ^e,f   Schmahl, C ^a   Jetly, R ^g   Lanius, R A ^d  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g Canadian Forces Health Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Functional connectivity; Functional MRI; Neurofeedback; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; CLOZAPINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; MIRTAZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLAUSTRUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROFEEDBACK TRAINING; NEUROMODULATION; OSCILLATION; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTERIOR INSULA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TRAINING; BRAIN CORTEX; CONNECTOME; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROFEEDBACK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903980548     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12229     Document Type: Article

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