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 ...
People who recovered from PTSD changed the way their brains handle intrusive thoughts, a study of survivors of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks shows.
Surprisingly, administering ketamine did not increase resting-state functional connectivity between the amygdala and ... with specific brain activity patterns. However, PTSD with dissociative ...
Imagine driving along I-20 west headed to Tuscaloosa for an Alabama football game. Suddenly, a car slams on the brakes in front of you and you can’t avoid it. You crash into it. Both you and the other ...
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 ...
Memories are an intricate part of our life, and malfunctions in memory result in suffering such as amnesia and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Understanding how ... role in regulation of ...