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Each June, we recognize PTSD Awareness Month to increase understanding of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), reduce ...

Experiencing a traumatic event sometimes produces long-lasting biological changes that can lead to an exaggerated fear response to future stressful events, such as what occurs in individuals with post ...

This post was co-written by Dr. Deryn Strange, professor of forensic psychology at John Jay College. Our memories are not perfect reconstructions of the past. Instead, remembering a past event is a ...

Patients with PTSD vs control individuals demonstrate stronger connectivity between the left amygdala, right hippocampus, and bilateral lingual gyri.

Intense stress can lead to fuzzy memories, which can lead to more generalized fear responses. Now, scientists may have just discovered why. A study in mice, published Friday (Nov. 15) in the journal ...

Glial manipulation interferes with the long-term consolidation of fear memories. By artificially manipulating the state of astrocytes, it may become possible to prevent the long-term consolidation of ...

Over the past few decades, researchers have developed effective treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a ...