Increased cognitive control and reduced emotional interference is associated with reduced PTSD symptom severity in a trauma-exposed sample: A preliminary longitudinal study

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) impacts approximately 15 million individuals each year in the United States alone (Kilpatrick et al., 2013). Neuroimaging work has begun to describe at least some of the pathophysiology underpinning PTSD. Individuals with PTSD show an increased amygdala response to emotional stimuli (Blair et al., 2013; El Khoury-Malhame et al., 2011; Hayes et al., 2012; Rauch et al., 2006; Shin and Liberzon, 2010), as well as disrupted recruitment of regions implicated in cognitive control, including emotion regulation (Blair et al., 2013; New et al., 2009; Pannu Hayes et al., 2009; Rabinak et al., 2014; Xiong et al., 2013) and response control (Offringa et al., 2013; Shin et al., 2001).
Source: Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research