Back to the Basics: Resting State Functional Connectivity of the Reticular Activation System in PTSD and its Dissociative Subtype.

Janine ThomeMaria DensmoreGeorgia KoppeBraeden A Terpou Jean ThébergeMargaret C McKinnonRuth A Lanius

Published in: Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) (2019)

The present findings extend the current neurobiological model of PTSD and provide emerging evidence for the need to incorporate brainstem structures, including the reticular activation system, into current conceptualizations of PTSD and its dissociative subtype.

Keyphrases

functional connectivity
resting state
posttraumatic stress disorder
social support
high resolution
depressive symptoms
mass spectrometry