Amygdala Nuclei Volume and Shape in Military Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• Published in: Biological psychiatry : cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 281 - 290
• Main Authors: Morey, Rajendra A., Clarke, Emily K., Haswell, Courtney C., Phillips, Rachel D., Clausen, Ashley N., Mufford, Mary S., Saygin, Zeynep, Brancu, Mira, Beckham, Jean C., Calhoun, Patrick S., Dedert, Eric, Elbogen, Eric B., Fairbank, John A., Hurley, Robin A., Kilts, Jason D., Kimbrel, Nathan A., Kirby, Angela, Marx, Christine E., McDonald, Scott D., Moore, Scott D., Naylor, Jennifer C., Rowland, Jared, Swinkels, Cindy, Szabo, Steven T., Taber, Katherine H., Tupler, Larry A., van Voorhees, Elizabeth E., Yoash-Gantz, Ruth E., Wagner, H. Ryan, LaBar, Kevin S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Amygdala; Amygdala - diagnostic imaging; Amygdala - pathology; Amygdala nuclei; Fear; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Shape analysis; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnostic imaging; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - pathology; Structural MRI; Trauma; U.S. Military; Veterans; Structural MRI; Amygdala nuclei; Shape analysis; Amygdala; U.S. Military; Trauma

The amygdala is a subcortical structure involved in socioemotional and associative fear learning processes relevant for understanding the mechanisms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research in animals indicates that the amygdala is a heterogeneous structure in which the basolateral and cent...