Focal brain damage protects against post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans
Focal brain damage protects against post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans
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New York: Nature Publishing Group US
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English
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New York: Nature Publishing Group US
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an often debilitating mental illness that is characterized by recurrent distressing memories of traumatic events. PTSD is associated with hypoactivity in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), hyperactivity in the amygdala and reduced volume in the hippocampus, but it is unknown whether these neuroimagi...
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Focal brain damage protects against post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2693133
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2693133
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1097-6256
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1546-1726
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10.1038/nn2032
