Neural correlates of exposure to traumatic pictures and sound in Vietnam combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder: a positron emission tomography study
Bremner J, Staib L, Kaloupek D, Southwick S, Soufer R, Charney D. Neural correlates of exposure to traumatic pictures and sound in Vietnam combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder: a positron emission tomography study. Biological Psychiatry 1999, 45: 806-816. PMID: 10202567, PMCID: PMC3233761, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(98)00297-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderNon-PTSD subjectsBlood flowVietnam combat veteransCerebral blood flow responseStress disorderBlood flow responsePositron emission tomography studySymptoms of patientsCerebral blood flowSubcortical brain areasEmission tomography studiesCombat veteransMedial prefrontal cortexPositron emission tomographyInferior parietal cortexNeural correlatesVisuospatial processingPTSD subjectsPTSD patientsBrain areasLingual gyrusAnterior cingulatePosterior cingulateParietal cortex