Abnormal Prefrontal Development in Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Longitudinal Structural and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Heyn SA, Keding TJ, Ross MC, Cisler JM, Mumford JA, Herringa RJ. Abnormal Prefrontal Development in Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Longitudinal Structural and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2018, 4: 171-179. PMID: 30343133, PMCID: PMC6371792, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.07.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric posttraumatic stress disorderPediatric PTSDGray matter volumeVentrolateral prefrontal cortexVentromedial prefrontal cortexPosttraumatic stress disorderPrefrontal cortexStress disorderFunctional magnetic resonance imaging studyBilateral ventrolateral prefrontal cortexRight ventromedial prefrontal cortexFunctional magnetic resonance imagingSelf-referential processingIntrinsic connectivity analysesDorsolateral prefrontal cortexResting-state functional magnetic resonance imagingPrefrontal gray matter volumeWhole-brain structural analysisFunctional brain abnormalitiesMagnetic resonance imaging studyResonance imaging studyGray matter developmentPrefrontal developmentNormative decreaseStructural magnetic resonance