Biologic models of traumatic memories and post-traumatic stress disorder. The role of neural networks.

Neural networks and their behavior provide an information-processing model for initiation and maintenance of the biologic aspects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The repeated replaying of the intrusive and distressing recollections that follow a trauma modifies the structure of the neural...

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Published in:Psychiatric Clinics of North America Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 253 - 272
Main Authors: McFarlane AC, Yehuda R, Clark CR
Format: Journal Article
Published: W B Saunders 2002 Jun
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