Reduced Salience and Enhanced Central Executive Connectivity Following PTSD Treatment
Abdallah CG, Averill CL, Ramage AE, Averill LA, Alkin E, Nemati S, Krystal JH, Roache JD, Resick P, Young-McCaughan S, Peterson AL, Fox P. Reduced Salience and Enhanced Central Executive Connectivity Following PTSD Treatment. Chronic Stress 2019, 3: 2470547019838971. PMID: 31008419, PMCID: PMC6469713, DOI: 10.1177/2470547019838971.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderCognitive processing therapyCentral executive networkSymptom provocationPTSD treatmentSecondary analysisGroup cognitive processing therapyPTSD participantsGlobal brain connectivityEffective PTSD treatmentExecutive networkFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingEffect of treatmentUnknown neurobiological mechanismsUS Army soldiersTreatment periodWeek 8Higher pretreatmentMRI scansPrimary analysisResonance imagingSalience networkStress disorderBrain connectivitySalience Network Disruption in U.S. Army Soldiers With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Abdallah CG, Averill CL, Ramage AE, Averill LA, Goktas S, Nemati S, Krystal JH, Roache JD, Resick PA, Young-McCaughan S, Peterson AL, Fox P, Consortium T. Salience Network Disruption in U.S. Army Soldiers With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Chronic Stress 2019, 3: 2470547019850467. PMID: 31131337, PMCID: PMC6529942, DOI: 10.1177/2470547019850467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderSymptom provocationActive-duty US Army soldiersSalience networkStress disorderPTSD participantsGlobal brain connectivityNodal strengthFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingBrain gray matterUS Army soldiersArmy soldiersDorsal salience networksFunctional dysconnectivityU.S. Army soldiersParietal cortexConnectivity findingsGray matterResonance imagingEffective therapeuticsFunctional connectivityAnterior insulaBrain connectivityGlobal signal regression