Decreased Benzodiazepine Receptor Binding in Prefrontal Cortex in Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Bremner J, Innis R, Southwick S, Staib L, Zoghbi S, Charney D. Decreased Benzodiazepine Receptor Binding in Prefrontal Cortex in Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2000, 157: 1120-1126. PMID: 10873921, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.7.1120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBenzodiazepine receptor bindingPosttraumatic stress disorderBenzodiazepine receptorsReceptor bindingPrefrontal cortexComparison subjectsCase-matched healthy comparison subjectsDistribution volumeStress disorderSymptoms of PTSDBenzodiazepine receptor functionLow distribution volumeHealthy comparison subjectsCombat-related posttraumatic stress disorderMedial prefrontal cortexCentral benzodiazepine receptorsSingle photon emissionStatistical parametric mappingFrontal cortexPTSD patientsPatientsReceptor functionCortexTomography imagingParametric mappingSPECT [I-123]iomazenil measurement of the benzodiazepine receptor in panic disorder
Bremner J, Innis R, White T, Fujita M, Silbersweig D, Goddard A, Staib L, Stern E, Cappiello A, Woods S, Baldwin R, Charney D. SPECT [I-123]iomazenil measurement of the benzodiazepine receptor in panic disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2000, 47: 96-106. PMID: 10664825, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(99)00188-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBenzodiazepine receptor bindingBenzodiazepine receptor functionPanic disorder patientsBenzodiazepine receptorsPanic disorderReceptor bindingDisorder patientsPanic attacksReceptor functionPrefrontal cortexSingle photon emissionStatistical parametric mappingGABAergic transmissionHealthy controlsFrontal cortexLeft hippocampusAnimal modelsComparison subjectsPatientsChronic stressPanic anxietyTomography imagingParametric mappingCortexSpecific decrease