Neural changes in extinction recall following prolonged exposure treatment for PTSD: A longitudinal fMRI study

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 715-723

  Helpman, Liat ^a   Marin, Marie France ^b   Papini, Santiago ^c   Zhu, Xi ^a   Sullivan, Gregory M ^a   Schneier, Franklin ^a   Neria, Mariana ^a   Shvil, Erel ^a   Malaga Aragon, Maria Josefa ^a   Markowitz, John C ^a   Lindquist, Martin A ^d   Wager, Tor ^e   Milad, Mohammad ^d   Neria, Yuval ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; ROSTRAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; SUBGENUAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; CONDITIONED REFLEX; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84991665910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.10.007     Document Type: Article

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