Prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and threat processing: implications for PTSD

M Alexandra Kredlow, RJ Fenster, ES Laurent… - …, 2022 - nature.com
Posttraumatic stress disorder can be viewed as a disorder of fear dysregulation. An
abundance of research suggests that the prefrontal cortex is central to fear processing—that …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of magnetic resonance imaging measurement of structural volumes in posttraumatic stress disorder

DCM O'Doherty, KM Chitty, S Saddiqui… - Psychiatry Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition associated with mild to
moderate cognitive impairment and with a prevalence rate of up to 22% in veterans. This …

Brain structure correlates of urban upbringing, an environmental risk factor for schizophrenia

L Haddad, A Schäfer, F Streit… - Schizophrenia …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Urban upbringing has consistently been associated with schizophrenia, but which specific
environmental exposures are reflected by this epidemiological observation and how they …

Neuroimaging evidence for a role of neural social stress processing in ethnic minority–associated environmental risk

C Akdeniz, H Tost, F Streit, L Haddad, S Wüst… - JAMA …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Relative risk for the brain disorder schizophrenia is more than doubled in ethnic
minorities, an effect that is evident across countries and linked to socially relevant cues such …

Grey matter reduction associated with posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic stress

L Li, M Wu, Y Liao, L Ouyang, M Du, D Lei… - Neuroscience & …, 2014 - Elsevier
In recent decades, many imaging studies have reported brain structural alterations in
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, due to differences in the selection of control …

Grey matter volume reductions of the left hippocampus and amygdala in PTSD: a coordinate-based meta-analysis of magnetic resonance imaging studies

A Del Casale, S Ferracuti, AS Barbetti… - …, 2022 - karger.com
Introduction: In recent years, research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) focused on
the description of different biological correlates of illness. Morphological changes of different …

Neuroimaging correlates of resilience to traumatic events—a comprehensive review

J Bolsinger, E Seifritz, B Kleim, A Manoliu - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Improved understanding of the neurobiological correlates of resilience would be an
important step toward recognizing individuals at risk of developing post-traumatic stress …

Immobility reactions under threat: a contribution to human defensive cascade and PTSD

E Volchan, V Rocha-Rego, AF Bastos… - Neuroscience & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Violence exacts a burden on public health. Gun violence is a major trigger for motor
defensive reactions in humans and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is its main …

Frontal and subcortical grey matter reductions in PTSD

DCM O'Doherty, A Tickell, W Ryder, C Chan… - Psychiatry Research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterised by a range of debilitating
psychological, physical and cognitive symptoms. PTSD has been associated with grey …

Peripersonal space and bodily self-consciousness: implications for psychological trauma-related disorders

D Rabellino, PA Frewen, MC McKinnon… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Peripersonal space (PPS) is defined as the space surrounding the body where we can
reach or be reached by external entities, including objects or other individuals. PPS is an …