Browsing by Subject "Combat Disorders"

Amygdala volume changes in posttraumatic stress disorder in a large case-controlled veterans group.

Morey, Rajendra A; Gold, Andrea L; LaBar, Kevin S; Beall, Shannon K; Brown, Vanessa M; Haswell, Courtney C; Nasser, Jessica D; ... (10 authors) (Arch Gen Psychiatry, 2012-11)

CONTEXT: Smaller hippocampal volumes are well established in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but the relatively few studies of amygdala volume in PTSD have produced equivocal results. OBJECTIVE: To assess a large cohort ...

Peace and war: trajectories of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms before, during, and after military deployment in Afghanistan.

Berntsen, Dorthe; Johannessen, Kim B; Thomsen, Yvonne D; Bertelsen, Mette; Hoyle, Rick H; Rubin, David C (Psychol Sci, 2012-12)

In the study reported here, we examined posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in 746 Danish soldiers measured on five occasions before, during, and after deployment to Afghanistan. Using latent class growth analysis, ...

Reduced hippocampal and amygdala activity predicts memory distortions for trauma reminders in combat-related PTSD.

Hayes, Jasmeet Pannu; LaBar, Kevin S; McCarthy, Gregory; Selgrade, Elizabeth; Nasser, Jessica; Dolcos, Florin; VISN 6 Mid-Atlantic MIRECC workgroup; ... (8 authors) (J Psychiatr Res, 2011-05)

Neurobiological models of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suggest that altered activity in the medial temporal lobes (MTL) during encoding of traumatic memories contribute to the development and maintenance of the disorder. ...