Amygdala Response in Patients With Acute PTSD to Masked and Unmasked Emotional Facial Expressions
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 30 September 2005
Jorge L. Armony, Vincent Corbo, Marie-Hélène Clément, Alain Brunet
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These findings suggest that functional abnormalities in brain responses to emotional stimuli observed in chronic PTSD are already apparent in its acute phase.
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These findings suggest that functional abnormalities in brain responses to emotional stimuli observed in chronic PTSD are already apparent in its acute phase.
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