Tag: PTSD

Study explains why stress hormone can prevent disorders after exposure to traumatic event

From the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona press release: People who have suffered from traffic accidents, war combat, terrorist attacks and exposure to other traumatic events have an increased likelihood of developing… Read more »

How particular fear memories can be erased

From the University of California – Riverside press release: Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have devised a method to selectively erase particular fear memories by weakening the connections between… Read more »

Adult brains produce new cells in previously undiscovered area

From the University of Queensland press release: A University of Queensland discovery may lead to new treatments for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). UQ Queensland Brain Institute scientists have… Read more »

Study suggests PTSD may have a physical component as well

From the American Academy of Neurology press release: The part of the brain that helps control emotion may be larger in people who develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after brain injury… Read more »

Some patients with dementia may experience delayed-onset PTSD

From the Wiley press release: Delayed-onset post-traumatic symptoms in the elderly may be misdiagnosed as falling under the umbrella of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), according to a… Read more »

Snail study suggests select memories can be erased

From the Columbia University Medical Center press release: Different types of memories stored in the same neuron of the marine snail Aplysia can be selectively erased, according to a new study… Read more »

Identified brain circuitry bridges neural and behavioral roles in PTSD

From the NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine press release: Specific cerebral circuitry bridges chemical changes deep in the brain and the more outward behavioral expressions… Read more »

Amygdala activity predicts posttraumatic stress disorder

From the Elsevier press release: Neuroimaging measures of emotional brain function after acute trauma may help predict whether a person will develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new… Read more »