Neural correlates of experimental trauma memory retrieval.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Traumatic memories such as intrusions and flashbacks play a major role in the development and maintenance of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A thorough understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying traumatic memories is indispensable for precise diagnosis, for personalized treatment and prevention. In particular, the identification of early neural predictor variables for intrusion development shortly after trauma exposure requires detailed investigation.

Experimental design

Here, we examined the neural correlates of early experimental trauma memory retrieval in a traumatic film paradigm in 42 young healthy females, using both implicit and explicit retrieval tasks.

Principal observations

We show that implicit experimental trauma retrieval specific

SUBMITTER: Gvozdanovic GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6866833 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature