Research in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging among World Trade Center (WTC) responders with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has uncovered measurable physical ...
New research among World Trade Center (WTC) responders with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has uncovered measurable physical changes in their brain structure, consistent with changes in ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder is usually framed as a psychological wound, but a growing body of evidence suggests it can also speed up how quickly the brain itself appears to age. Instead of simply ...
Astrocyte-Derived GABA and Therapeutic Effects of KDS2010 in PTSD. Brain imaging of PTSD patients revealed unusually high levels of GABA and reduced cerebral blood flow in the prefrontal cortex, ...
Millions of Americans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). What is the neuroscience behind PTSD? A new study has honed in on specific brain regions that become smaller in people with ...
Living with post-traumatic stress disorder can be extremely challenging. People with PTSD often feel trapped in a constant state of fear, even when there is no real danger. They may have trouble ...
What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain circuit that gives pain its emotional punch—essentially transforming ...
Retired Army General Peter Chiarelli has endorsed the idea that post-traumatic stress disorder should be renamed post-traumatic stress injury to emphasize its putative organic basis. This proposal has ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder, often called PTSD, is a serious mental health condition that can develop after a person ...
A study from the Emory University School of Medicine finds transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a targeted form of ...