2004
Neurocardiac Interaction During Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia
Soufer R. Neurocardiac Interaction During Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia. Circulation 2004, 110: 1710-1713. PMID: 15451806, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000144841.84987.50.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
MRI and PET Study of Deficits in Hippocampal Structure and Function in Women With Childhood Sexual Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Bremner JD, Vythilingam M, Vermetten E, Southwick SM, McGlashan T, Nazeer A, Khan S, Vaccarino LV, Soufer R, Garg PK, Ng CK, Staib LH, Duncan JS, Charney DS. MRI and PET Study of Deficits in Hippocampal Structure and Function in Women With Childhood Sexual Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2003, 160: 924-932. PMID: 12727697, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.5.924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderChildhood sexual abuseHippocampal volumeEarly childhood sexual abuseHippocampal structureHippocampal functionAbuse-related posttraumatic stress disorderStress disorderSmaller hippocampal volumesPositron emission tomographySexual abuseVerbal declarative memory tasksAnimal studiesBrain areasDeclarative memory taskEmission tomographyPET studiesHippocampal activationWomenEarly stressHippocampusAbused womenDisordersAbuseMagnetic resonanceNeural correlates of declarative memory for emotionally valenced words in women with posttraumatic stress disorder related to early childhood sexual abuse
Bremner JD, Vythilingam M, Vermetten E, Southwick SM, McGlashan T, Staib LH, Soufer R, Charney DS. Neural correlates of declarative memory for emotionally valenced words in women with posttraumatic stress disorder related to early childhood sexual abuse. Biological Psychiatry 2003, 53: 879-889. PMID: 12742675, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(02)01891-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderAbuse-related posttraumatic stress disorderMedial prefrontal cortexBrain areasPrefrontal cortexEarly childhood sexual abuseBlood flowChildhood abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorderSexual abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorderStress disorderChildhood sexual abuseCerebral blood flowPositron emission tomographic measurementsSpecific brain areasInferior temporal gyrusInferior parietal cortexMiddle frontal gyrusNeural correlatesTrauma-specific stimuliDeclarative memoryMotor cortexControl subjectsFrontal cortexSymptom provocationAnimal studies
2001
Gender differences in cognitive and neural correlates of remembrance of emotional words.
Bremner J, Soufer R, McCarthy G, Delaney R, Staib L, Duncan J, Charney D. Gender differences in cognitive and neural correlates of remembrance of emotional words. Psychopharmacology Bulletin 2001, 35: 55-78. PMID: 12397879.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotional wordsEmotional contentNeural correlatesWord pairsSuperior verbal memorySpecific cognitive functionsBilateral posterior hippocampusSuperior spatial memoryMedial prefrontal cortexGender differencesProcessing of informationNeutral wordsCognitive appraisalVerbal memoryPossible gender differencesHuman cognitionMemory performanceSet of listsGreater activationPosterior hippocampusPrefrontal cortexCognitive functionEmotional dimensionsSpatial memoryEmotional impact
1999
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