Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in the Amygdala and Medial PrefrontalCortex During Traumatic Imagery in Male and Female Vietnam Veterans With PTSD
Archives of General PsychiatryPublished 1 February 2004
Lisa M. Shin, Scott P. Orr, Margaret Carson, Scott L. Rauch, Michael L. Macklin, Natasha B. Lasko
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A reciprocal relationship between medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala function in PTSD and opposing associations between activity in these regions and symptom severity consistent with current functional neuroanatomic models of this disorder are suggested.
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These results suggest a reciprocal relationship between medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala function in PTSD and opposing associations between activity in these regions and symptom severity consistent with current functional neuroanatomic models of this disorder.
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