Individual differences in cognitive reappraisal use and emotion regulatory brain function in combat-exposed veterans with and without PTSD

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 79-88

  Fitzgerald, Jacklynn M ^a   MacNamara, Annmarie ^a   Kennedy, Amy E ^a,b   Rabinak, Christine A ^c   Rauch, Sheila A M ^d   Liberzon, Israel ^e   Phan, K Luan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

biological markers; brain imaging neuroimaging; functional MRI; PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VETERAN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMOTION; INDIVIDUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; COMBAT DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-CONTROL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992034523     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22551     Document Type: Article

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