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Post-traumatic stress disorder: The role of medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by recurrent distressing memories of an emotionally traumatic event. In this review, we present neuroscientific data highlighting the function of two brain areas—the amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)—in PTSD and related emotion...

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Main Authors: Koenigs, Michael, Grafman, Jordan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771687/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19359671
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1073858409333072
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