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