Reward functioning in PTSD: A systematic review exploring the mechanisms underlying anhedonia

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 189-204

  Nawijn, Laura ^a   van Zuiden, Mirjam ^a   Frijling, Jessie L ^a   Koch, Saskia B J ^a   Veltman, Dick J ^b   Olff, Miranda ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Arq Psychotrauma Expert Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Positive stimuli; PTSD; Reward; Systematic review; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANHEDONIA; ANTICIPATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUNISHMENT; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BRAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANHEDONIA; BRAIN; HUMANS; REWARD; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84922361563     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.01.019     Document Type: Review

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