Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 1 , Pages 75-77 , 30 April 2009

Reward circuitry in resilience to severe trauma: An fMRI investigation of resilient special forces soldiers

  • Meena Vythilingam

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 15 K North Drive, Rm #111, MSC 2670, Bethesda, MD 20892-2670, USA.
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  • Eric E. Nelson

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
    • Contributed equally.
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  • Matthew Scaramozza

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
    • Contributed equally.
    • ,
  • Tracy Waldeck

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
    • ,
  • Gary Hazlett

      Affiliations

    • The Psychological Applications Directorate, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Training and School, Fort Bragg, NC, USA
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  • Steven M. Southwick

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Daniel S. Pine

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
    • ,
  • Wayne Drevets

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
    • ,
  • Dennis S. Charney

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Contributed equally.
    • ,
  • Monique Ernst

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
    • Contributed equally.

Received 20 November 2007 ,Revised 17 April 2008 ,Accepted 12 June 2008.

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PII: S0925-4927(08)00091-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.06.008

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 1 , Pages 75-77 , 30 April 2009

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