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Given how diverse PTSD is, as is the case with all disorders involving the brain, we don’t have a detailed understanding of what actually happens to cause different kinds of PTSD at different time ...

Specific cerebral circuitry bridges chemical changes deep in the brain and the more outward behavioral expressions associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which could lead to more ...

Astrocyte-Derived GABA and Therapeutic Effects of KDS2010 in PTSD. Brain imaging of PTSD patients revealed unusually high levels of GABA and reduced cerebral blood flow in the prefrontal cortex, ...

Around 70% of women who suffer a sexual assault develop PTSD; now scientists have shown that many of these women show a marked reduction in the usual communication between two important brain areas ...

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder New Study Shows Brain Change After Psychological Trauma Research on important findings in earthquake survivors with and without PTSD. Posted December 5, 2018 | Reviewed ...