Dr. Kerry Ressler, Chief Scientific Officer at McLean Hospital and Harvard professor, reveals breakthrough discoveries in ...

Scientists know that in PTSD, the stress circuitry in the brain goes awry, disrupting communication between several brain centers. These include the amygdala, which normally monitors incoming ...

The brains of individuals with PTSD look different than those of individuals without PTSD. Brain regions of interest are those involved in the normal expression of emotions and memory like the ...

Yale researchers found that in people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the amygdala—an area of the brain associated with emotional processing—reacts less strongly to mild ...

Danböck and her colleagues wanted to examine the effects of ketamine on resting-state functional connectivity between the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex in individuals with PTSD.

Ressler: Exploring the translation of amygdala function at the cellular and genomic levels to understand stress, fear, and trauma disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)," is ...

Researchers have discovered that positive emotions enhance perceptual memories during sleep, particularly in the non-REM stage.