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SUBMITTER: Gerin MI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4914513 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in psychiatry 20160621
Many patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), especially war veterans, do not respond to available treatments. Here, we describe a novel neurofeedback (NF) intervention using real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging for treating and studying PTSD. The intervention involves training participants to control amygdala activity after exposure to personalized trauma scripts. Three combat veterans with chronic PTSD participated in this feasibility study. All three participants tolera ...[more]