What's really going on in PTSD brains? Experts suggest new theory Date: October 7, 2016 Source: University of Michigan Health System Summary: PTSD experts agree that the condition has its roots in ...

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 ...

In this circuit, pain signals are sent from the spinal cord into a different part of the thalamus, which has connections to the amygdala, the brain's emotional processing center ... threat perception, ...

Cognitive processing therapy and prolonged exposure are the two leading trauma-focused cognitive behavioral psychotherapies used for Veterans Affairs patients with PTSD.

For those with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), norepinephrine and serotonin levels remain high during the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep stage. This condition reduces the brain’s ability to ...

Traumatic Brain Injury leads to problems in emotional processing. Expanding these studies, Wood and Williams then hypothesized that alexithymia might also be more common in TBI patients ...

For decades, neuroscientists and physicians have tried to get to the bottom of the age-old mystery of post-traumatic stress disorder, to explain why only some people are vulnerable and why they ...

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 ...