Recovery from PTSD comes with key changes in the brain’s memory system, a new study finds. These differences were found in the brains of 19 people who developed post-traumatic stress disorder ...

The severity of symptoms in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) varies greatly across individuals in the first year after ...

PTSD can also occur in the wake of a motor vehicle ... That original traumatic event is often recalled spontaneously in flashbacks of memory so vivid and intense that the person feels as if ...

A new study shows that undertaking a memory consolidation exercise during sleep in combination with a structured treatment ...

This perspective, that PTSD is related to defective processing of emotionally laden memories 9, has led to exposure therapy, in which repeated reactivation of the traumatic memory leads to the ...

Unlike a regular memory, which may manifest almost like a ... and traumatic memories are sometimes stored in the body. “The threat or trauma of that moment/experience isn’t then stored in ...

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and their collaborators at Emory University have received a $4.9 million grant aimed at significantly improving treatment ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — People with a more active amygdala (an area in the brain involved in processing information relevant to threats) are more likely to develop PTSD symptoms after experiencing trauma ...

(Shutterstock) BDNF helps brain cells grow, connect and adapt, which is essential for learning, memory and emotional resilience. Studies have shown that individuals with PTSD tend to have lower ...

In every case, the hippocampus had shrunk or shrivelled as if the emotional trauma had literally eaten away a part of the brain that is crucial to memory and fear. Bremner's work is one of most ...

In every case, the hippocampus had shrunk or shrivelled as if the emotional trauma had literally eaten away a part of the brain that is crucial to memory and fear. Bremner's work is one of most ...