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- Title
Circuits and systems in stress. II. Applications to neurobiology and treatment in posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Authors
Vermetten, Eric; Bremner, J. Douglas
- Abstract
This paper follows the preclinical work on the effects of stress on neurobiological and neuroendocrine systems and provides a comprehensive working model for understanding the pathophysiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Studies of the neurobiology of PTSD in clinical populations are reviewed. Specific brain areas that play an important role in a variety of types of memory are also preferentially affected by stress, including hippocampus, amygdala, medial prefrontal cortex, and cingulate. This review indicates the involvement of these brain systems in the stress response, and in learning and memory. Affected systems in the neural circuitry of PTSD are reviewed (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA-axis), catecholaminergic and serotonergic systems, endogenous benzodiazepines, neuropeptides, hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis (HPT-axis), and neuro-immunological alterations) as well as changes found with structural and functional neuroimaging methods. Converging evidence has emphasized the role of early-life trauma in the development of PTSD and other trauma-related disorders. Current and new targets for systems that play a role in the neural circuitry of PTSD are discussed. This material provides a basis for understanding the psychopathology of stress-related disorders, in particular PTSD. Depression and Anxiety 16:14–38, 2002. © 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL physiology; POST-traumatic stress disorder; AMYGDALOID body
- Publication
Depression & Anxiety (1091-4269), 2002, Vol 16, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
1091-4269
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/da.10017