PTSD psychotherapy outcome predicted by brain activation during emotional reactivity and regulation

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1163-1174

  Fonzo, Gregory A ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Goodkind, Madeleine S ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Oathes, Desmond J ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Zaiko, Yevgeniya V ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Harvey, Meredith ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Peng, Kathy K ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Weiss, M Elizabeth ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Thompson, Allison L ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Zack, Sanno E ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Lindley, Steven E ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Arnow, Bruce A ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Jo, Booil ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Gross, James J ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Rothbaum, Barbara O ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Etkin, Amit ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d New Mexico Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85036639564     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16091072     Document Type: Article

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