PTSD-related neuroimaging abnormalities in brain function, structure, and biochemistry

NG Harnett, AM Goodman, DC Knight - Experimental neurology, 2020 - Elsevier
Although approximately 90% of the US population will experience a traumatic event within
their lifetime, only a fraction of those traumatized individuals will develop posttraumatic …

[HTML][HTML] Application of noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation to stress-related psychiatric disorders

JD Bremner, NZ Gurel, MT Wittbrodt… - Journal of personalized …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS) has been shown to be efficacious for the
treatment of depression, but to date, VNS devices have required surgical implantation, which …

[HTML][HTML] Lesions in the right Rolandic operculum are associated with self-rating affective and apathetic depressive symptoms for post-stroke patients

S Sutoko, H Atsumori, A Obata, T Funane, A Kandori… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Stroke survivors majorly suffered from post-stroke depression (PSD). The PSD diagnosis is
commonly performed based on the clinical cut-off for psychometric inventories. However, we …

The neural correlates of trauma‐related autobiographical memory in posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta‐analysis

J Thome, BA Terpou, MC McKinnon… - Depression and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Autobiographical memory (AM) refers to memories of events that are personally
relevant and are remembered from one's own past. The AM network is a distributed brain …

[HTML][HTML] d-Serine as the gatekeeper of NMDA receptor activity: implications for the pharmacologic management of anxiety disorders

H Wolosker, DT Balu - Translational psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
Fear, anxiety, and trauma-related disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
are quite common and debilitating, with an estimated lifetime prevalence of~ 28% in …

[HTML][HTML] Amygdala functional connectivity in the acute aftermath of trauma prospectively predicts severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms

EL Belleau, LE Ehret, JL Hanson, KJ Brasel… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding neural mechanisms that confer risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
is critical for earlier intervention, yet longitudinal work has been sparse. The amygdala is …

[HTML][HTML] Non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation decreases brain activity during trauma scripts

MT Wittbrodt, NZ Gurel, JA Nye, S Ladd, MMH Shandhi… - Brain stimulation, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Traumatic stress can have lasting effects on neurobiology and result in
psychiatric conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We hypothesize that …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-domain potential biomarkers for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity in recent trauma survivors

Z Ben-Zion, Y Zeevi, NJ Keynan, R Admon… - Translational …, 2020 - nature.com
Contemporary symptom-based diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) largely
overlooks related neurobehavioral mechanisms and relies entirely on subjective …

Stress, the brain, and trauma spectrum disorders

JD Bremner, MT Wittbrodt - International review of neurobiology, 2020 - Elsevier
This chapter reviews the relationship between stress and brain function in patients with
neuropsychiatric disorders, with an emphasis on disorders that have most clearly been …

Dissociation proneness and pain hyposensitivity in current and remitted borderline personality disorder

BY Chung, S Hensel, I Schmidinger… - … Journal of Pain, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Stress‐related dissociation has been shown to negatively co‐vary with pain
perception in current borderline personality disorder (cBPD). While remission of the disorder …