Effect of direct eye contact in women with PTSD related to interpersonal trauma: Psychophysiological interaction analysis of connectivity of an innate alarm system

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 162-167

  Steuwe, Carolin ^a,b   Daniels, Judith K ^c   Frewen, Paul A ^a   Densmore, Maria ^a   Theberge, Jean ^a,d   Lanius, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connectivity analyses; Eye gaze; Locus ceruleus; PTSD; Social cognition; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD ABUSE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; HUMAN; INSULA; LOCUS CERULEUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUTAMEN; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; THALAMUS; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN RELATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THALAMUS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928704642     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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