ABERRANT RESTING-STATE BRAIN ACTIVITY IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: A META-ANALYSIS AND SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 592-605

  Koch, Saskia B J ^a   van Zuiden, Mirjam ^a   Nawijn, Laura ^a   Frijling, Jessie L ^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

functional connectivity; meta analysis; PTSD; resting state; review

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; AMYGDALA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; AWARENESS; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBELLAR PYRAMIS; CEREBELLUM; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERVIGILANCE; HYPOACTIVITY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; PARAHIPPOCAMPUS; POSTERIOR INSULA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; REVIEW; SALIENCE NETWORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84977610148     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22478     Document Type: Review

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