Post-traumatic stress disorder is usually framed as a psychological wound, but a growing body of evidence suggests it can also speed up how quickly the brain itself appears to age. Instead of simply ...
Research in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging among World Trade Center (WTC) responders with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has uncovered measurable physical ...
How trauma changes the brain PTSD shares symptoms with depression and anxiety. Yet it is characterized by a response to a single trauma or set of traumatic events. Such experiences spark fear and ...
Millions of Americans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). What is the neuroscience behind PTSD? A new study has honed in on specific brain regions that become smaller in people with ...
A study from the Emory University School of Medicine finds transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a targeted form of noninvasive brain stimulation, can calm the brain's fear center and significantly ...
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be linked to accelerated brain aging among World Trade Center (WTC) responders ...
For example, while NAA level alone may not be a specific way to diagnose PTSD, because it is common in other conditions, NAA level over time may be a way to gauge the progress of care, as could ...