Increased Inhibition of the Amygdala by the mPFC may Reflect a Resilience Factor in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Resting-State fMRI Granger Causality Analysis
Purpose: To determine whether effective connectivity of the amygdala is altered in traumatized subjects with and without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Materials and Methods: Resting-state functional MRI data were obtained for 27 patients with typhoon-related PTSD, 33 trauma-exposed controls...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00516/full |