Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by recurrent distressing memories of
an emotionally traumatic event. In this review, the authors present neuroscientific data …

… the stress response in animals has led to successful new treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder … Basic research has found that high levels of catecholamine release during stress …

… role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) … prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and the distinct
role of two of its subcomponents, the rostral anterior cingulate cortex and orbitofrontal cortex…

BACKGROUND: Persistent, intrusive re-experiencing in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
is commonly construed as a failure of cingulate inhibition (ie, extinction) over a …

… Due to technical limitations of the cortical thickness algorithm, which performed less
accurately in the inferior temporal lobe, and medial prefrontal cortex, we only examined cortical …

… pattern of prefrontal and limbic abnormalities. First, deficits on DR implicate abnormalities of
the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (eg, … of memory disorders to posttraumatic stress disorder. …

… stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity related to less differential activation for anticipation
of negative (ANI) − positive (API) images in the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC…

… studies have demonstrated exaggerated amygdala responses and diminished medial
prefrontal cortex responses during the symptomatic state in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …

… prefrontal cortex, as these are the brain regions postulated by the core research to play a
prominent role in the pathophysiology of post-traumatic stress disorder… traumatic stress disorder …

… the prefrontal cortex, the specific area of the prefrontal cortex implicated … prefrontal cortex
play in PTSD, although the role of specific subregions of this area in symptoms of this disorder …