Reduced amygdala and ventral striatal activity to happy faces in PTSD is associated with emotional numbing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Felmingham, Kim L ^a,b,c   Falconer, Erin M ^b   Williams, Leanne ^b,d   Kemp, Andrew H ^d   Allen, Adrian ^b,c   Peduto, Anthony ^e   Bryant, Richard A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL NUMBING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; VENTRAL STRIATUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REWARD; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VENTRAL STRIATUM;

EID: 84906958209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103653     Document Type: Article

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