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SUBMITTER: Koenigs M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2693133 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature neuroscience 20071223 2
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an often debilitating mental illness that is characterized by recurrent distressing memories of traumatic events. PTSD is associated with hypoactivity in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), hyperactivity in the amygdala and reduced volume in the hippocampus, but it is unknown whether these neuroimaging findings reflect the underlying cause or a secondary effect of the disorder. To investigate the causal contribution of specific brain areas to PTSD ...[more]