which normally senses when a threat is over and dampens amygdala activity; and the hippocampus, where memories are stored and retrieved. Scientists find that in PTSD, the prefrontal cortex is ...

The brains of individuals with PTSD look different than those of individuals without PTSD. Brain regions of interest are those involved in the normal expression of emotions and memory like the ...

Surprisingly, administering ketamine did not increase resting-state functional connectivity between the amygdala and ... with specific brain activity patterns. However, PTSD with dissociative ...

The December issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry, brings together research on diverse and yet interrelated topics of PTSD, autism, discrimination, and the amygdala. Highlights include ...

We recently provided direct evidence that the mesopontine median raphe (MnR) plays a critical role in regulation of hippocampal activity and associated memory ... into memory disorders such as amnesia ...