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SUBMITTER: Shin LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3773363 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shin Lisa M LM Bush George G Milad Mohammed R MR Lasko Natasha B NB Brohawn Kathryn Handwerger KH Hughes Katherine C KC Macklin Michael L ML Gold Andrea L AL Karpf Rachel D RD Orr Scott P SP Rauch Scott L SL Pitman Roger K RK
The American journal of psychiatry 20110701 9
<h4>Objective</h4>Neuroimaging studies have revealed functional abnormalities in the anterior cingulate cortex in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The goal of this study was to determine whether hyperresponsivity of the dorsal anterior cingulate in PTSD is an acquired characteristic or a familial risk factor.<h4>Method</h4>Using a case-control twin design, the authors studied combat-exposed veterans with PTSD (N=12) and their identical combat-unexposed co-twins (N=12), as well as combat-exp ...[more]