The acquisition of fear associative memory requires brain processes of coordinated neural
activity within the amygdala, prefrontal cortex (PFC), hippocampus, thalamus and brainstem …

Translational research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has produced limited
improvements in clinical practice. Fear conditioning (FC) is one of the dominant animal …

John Briere and Catherine Scott′ s Principles of Trauma Therapy, Third Edition is both
comprehensive in scope and highly practical in application. This best selling text provides a …

Adaptive behaviour necessitates the formation of memories for fearful events, but also that
these memories can be extinguished. Effective extinction prevents excessive and persistent …

Beliefs can be highly resilient in the sense that they are not easily abandoned in the face of
counterevidence. This has the advantage of guiding consistent behavior and judgments but …

Interactions between the mediodorsal thalamus and the prefrontal cortex are critical for
cognition. Studies in humans indicate that these interactions may resolve uncertainty in …

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an evidence‐based
psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with support from more than 30 …

The superior colliculus (SC), one of the most well-characterized midbrain sensorimotor
structures where visual, auditory, and somatosensory information are integrated to initiate …

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a treatment for post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD). The technique is known to facilitate reprocessing of maladaptive …

Threat processing is central to understanding debilitating fear-and trauma-related disorders
such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Progress has been made in understanding …