Cutting-edge techniques can improve PTSD symptoms. Understanding what emotional intelligence looks like and the steps needed to improve it could light a path to a more emotionally adept world.

In previous studies, Yale researchers found that in people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the amygdala — an area of the brain associated with emotional processing — reacts less ...

Previous imaging research has shown that PTSD is associated with hyperactivity in the amygdala, hypoactivity in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), and reduced connectivity between these ...

Harnett’s research uses magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, to look at brain structure and function. The brains of individuals with PTSD look different than those of individuals without PTSD. Brain ...

In the amygdala, the emotional processing center of the brain, certain “gatekeeper” interneurons have special receptors for endocannabinoids and help constrain the size of the engram and the ...

Evaluating 193 participants in the Vietnam Head Injury Study with penetrating traumatic brain injury, the research team found that those individuals with damage connected to their amygdala, the ...

Studies show that the part of the brain that handles fear and emotion (the amygdala) is more active in people with PTSD." If this has been your experience, it's time to finally break the cycle.

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. Researchers pinpoint brain lesions that reduce PTSD symptoms in veterans, showing that targeting the PTSD circuit with TMS could lead to a breakthrough in noninvasive ...

PTSD and Dementia. PTSD has been linked with poorer performance on neurocognitive tasks, including attention, memory, processing speed, verbal learning, and executive functions. PTSD appears to be ...

Neuromodulation of Amygdala Theta for Treatment of PTSD. ... A pilot study of closed-loop neuromodulation for treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder. Nat Commun 14, 2997 (2023).