2016
Pivotal response treatment prompts a functional rewiring of the brain among individuals with autism spectrum disorder
Venkataraman A, Yang D, Dvornek N, Staib LH, Duncan JS, Pelphrey KA, Ventola P. Pivotal response treatment prompts a functional rewiring of the brain among individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Neuroreport 2016, 27: 1081-1085. PMID: 27532879, PMCID: PMC5007196, DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000000662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPivotal Response TreatmentAutism spectrum disorderOccipital-temporal cortexAttentional systemResponse treatmentSpectrum disorderOrbitofrontal cortexPosterior cingulateHigh-level objectsBehavioral interventionsLearning mechanismPerception shiftProcessing areasNeural circuitsFunctional rewiringCortexTreatment regimenAutismInterventionNovel Bayesian frameworkCingulateFunctional changesIndividualsDisordersObjects
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 tomographyNeural 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