2003
Neural 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
1999
Neural Correlates of Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Women With and Without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Bremner J, Narayan M, Staib L, Southwick S, McGlashan T, Charney D. Neural Correlates of Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Women With and Without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1999, 156: 1787-1795. PMID: 10553744, PMCID: PMC3233772, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.156.11.1787.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderBlood flowVisual association cortexMedial prefrontal cortexChildhood sexual abusePrefrontal cortexMotor cortexAssociation cortexPosterior cingulateStress disorderBrain blood flowChildhood abuseInferior temporal gyrusPositron emission tomographyNeural correlatesSexual abuseSubcallosal gyrusRight hippocampusLong-term effectsFailure of activationAnterior prefrontal cortexBrain areasAnterior cingulateTraumatic remindersEmission tomography