Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has long been associated with a heightened risk of
cardiovascular disease (CVD). A number of mechanisms have been implicated to underlie …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which regulates neuronal survival, growth,
differentiation and synapse formation, broadly regulates the stress response. 1 A common …

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by deficits in cognitive functioning,
particularly cognitive control. Moreover, these deficits are thought to play a critical role in the …

Poor work conditions and excessive physical demands associated with construction tasks
increase the risks associated with construction workers' impaired mental and physical …

Background Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have an increased risk for
cardiovascular disease. The underlying mechanisms are unclear but impaired autonomic …

Integrative hierarchical models have sought to account for the extensive comorbidity
between various internalizing disorders in terms of broad individual difference factors these …

Appropriate animal models of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are needed because
human studies remain limited in their ability to probe the underlying neurobiology of PTSD …

Background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe psychiatric disease
accompanied by neuroendocrine changes such as adrenergic overdrive and hence an …

Recent cross-sectional studies have shown that the inability to suppress fear under safe
conditions is a key problem in people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The current …

Fear conditioning and extinction is a construct integral to understanding trauma-, stress-and
anxiety-related disorders. In the laboratory, associative learning paradigms that pair …