Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 1 , Pages 7-15 , 30 April 2009

Alterations in the neural circuitry for emotion and attention associated with posttraumatic stress symptomatology

  • Jasmeet Pannu Hayes

      Affiliations

    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
    • Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center for Post Deployment Mental Health, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Durham VAMC, 508 Fulton St, VISN 6 MIRECC Bldg 5, Durham, NC, United States. Tel.: +1 919 286 0411x6434; fax: +1 919 416 5912.
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  • Kevin S. LaBar

      Affiliations

    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
    • Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
    • ,
  • Christopher M. Petty

      Affiliations

    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
    • Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center for Post Deployment Mental Health, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • ,
  • Gregory McCarthy

      Affiliations

    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
    • Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center for Post Deployment Mental Health, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
    • ,
  • Rajendra A. Morey

      Affiliations

    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
    • Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center for Post Deployment Mental Health, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

Received 9 November 2007 ,Revised 27 March 2008 ,Accepted 15 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.05.005

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 1 , Pages 7-15 , 30 April 2009

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