The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and functionally linked neurocircuitry modulate emotion processing and HPA axis dysfunction in posttraumatic stress disorder

Background: The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) plays an important role in rodent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but evidence to support its relevance to human PTSD is limited. We sought to understand the role of the BNST in human PTSD via fMRI, behavioral, and physiological measur...

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Main Authors: Samir Awasthi, Hong Pan, Joseph E. LeDoux, Marylene Cloitre, Margaret Altemus, Bruce McEwen, David Silbersweig, Emily Stern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:NeuroImage: Clinical
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158220302795