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SUBMITTER: Lambert HK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6875601 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lambert Hilary K HK McLaughlin Katie A KA
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 20190920
Smaller hippocampal volume is associated with increased risk for PTSD following trauma, but the hippocampal functions involved remain unknown. We propose a conceptual model that identifies broad impairment in hippocampus-dependent associative learning as a vulnerability factor for PTSD. Associative learning of foreground cues and background context is required to form an integrated representation of an event. People with poor associative learning may have difficulty remembering who or what was p ...[more]