Nathaniel G Harnett, Katherine E Finegold, Lauren A M Lebois, Sanne J H van Rooij, Timothy D Ely, Vishnu P Murty, Tanja Jovanovic, Steven E Bruce, Stacey L House, Francesca L Beaudoin, Xinming An, Donglin Zeng, Thomas C Neylan, Gari D Clifford, Sarah D Linnstaedt, Laura T Germine, Kenneth A Bollen, Scott L Rauch, John P Haran, Alan B Storrow, Christopher Lewandowski, Paul I Musey, Phyllis L Hendry, Sophia Sheikh, Christopher W Jones, Brittany E Punches, Michael C Kurz, Robert A Swor, Lauren A Hudak, Jose L Pascual, Mark J Seamon, Erica Harris, Anna M Chang, Claire Pearson, David A Peak, Robert M Domeier, Niels K Rathlev, Brian J O'Neil, Paulina Sergot, Leon D Sanchez, Mark W Miller, Robert H Pietrzak, Jutta Joormann, Deanna M Barch, Diego A Pizzagalli, John F Sheridan, Steven E Harte, James M Elliott, Ronald C Kessler, Karestan C Koenen, Samuel A McLean, Lisa D Nickerson, Kerry J Ressler, Jennifer S Stevens
Visual components of trauma memories are often vividly re-experienced by survivors with deleterious consequences for normal function. Neuroimaging research on trauma has primarily focused on threat-processing circuitry as core to trauma-related dysfunction. Conversely, limited attention has been given to visual circuitry which may be particularly relevant to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Prior work suggests that the ventral visual stream is directly related to the cognitive and affective disturbances observed in PTSD and may be predictive of later symptom expression...
August 8, 2022: Translational Psychiatry