Most current brain studies posit that the right amygdala is where fear, the fight or flight response and aversion to stimuli that is upsetting are handled. In the research presented, 89 military ...

A tiny region Locus Coeruleus located in your brainstem, acts like a powerful memory reset button. It's pivotal for forming ...

Right middle occipital gyrus (PTSD group with improved symptoms brain volume was less than control group.) Left middle frontal gyrus (PTSD group with improved symptoms brain volume was less than ...

PTSD linked to smaller brain area regulating fear response. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 8, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 11 / 121105161355.htm ...

Trauma significantly alters brain structure, leading to PTSD symptoms like hypervigilance, intrusive thoughts, and memory issues, but targeted therapies can help survivors heal and regain control.

About 29 percent of PTSD patients were non-right-handed in the analysis that combined left-handedness and mixed-handedness. However, when PTSD patients and controls were compared regarding left ...

In addition, the left precuneus region of the brain, known to be critical to visual processing, was found to be strongly correlated with cortical thickness among survivors with PTSD.

More research is needed for the scans to be used in diagnosing either PTSD or a TBI. But some are getting close - like another MRI-based test that can spot lingering traces of iron left over from ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a commonly discussed psychological problem, but it’s one that, for all the sufferers we know of, remains infuriatingly opaque. Mental illness tends to ...

Harnett and his colleagues are trying to find a “signature of PTSD” or PTSD susceptibility by using this multimodal imaging approach that includes brain structure, function and biochemistry. “We are ...

Imaging technology sheds new light on how certain symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) manifest in the brain, according to a new study. PTSD is a mental health condition that can ...