A Network-Based Neurobiological Model of PTSD: Evidence From Structural and Functional Neuroimaging Studies

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Akiki, Teddy J ^a,b   Averill, Christopher L ^a,b   Abdallah, Chadi G ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central executive network; Default mode network; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Salience network; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EXECUTIVE NETWORK; CONNECTOME; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEUROBIOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85029657202     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-017-0840-4     Document Type: Review

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