Circuit dysregulation and circuit-based treatments in posttraumatic stress disorder

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 649, Issue , 2017, Pages 133-138

  Sheynin, Jony ^a   Liberzon, Israel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit dysregulation; Circuit based treatments; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCUIT DYSREGULATION; CONTEXT PROCESSING CIRCUITRY; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREAT; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONDITIONED REFLEX; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EMOTIONS; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85007256879     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.11.014     Document Type: Review

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