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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Biologic models of traumatic memories and post-traumatic stress disorder: The role of neural networks |
Author: | McFarlane, A. Yehuda, R. Clark, C. |
Citation: | Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2002; 25(2):253-270 |
Publisher: | W B Saunders Co |
Issue Date: | 2002 |
ISSN: | 0193-953X 1558-3147 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Alexander C. MacFarlane, Rachel Yehuda, C. Richard Clark |
Abstract: | 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 networks involved in the processing of traumatic memories. The hypothesis is proposed that this repetition instigates the mechanisms of iterative learning, top-down activation and pruning. The development of the symptoms of PTSD can be explained by current knowledge about modeling disturbances of parallel distributing processing. The noradrenergic neurons play a central role in coordinating the interaction of multiple cortical regions, which is an essential aspect of parallel distributed processing. Disturbances of this system in PTSD are likely to be manifest as a dysfunctional modulation of working memory and involuntary traumatic recollection. Modifications of neural networks have a secondary effect of kindling in the hippocampus that further moderates the individual's sensitivity to a range of stressors. Therefore, a neural network model of PTSD provides a method for conceptualizing the onset of PTSD symptoms and their subsequent modification with the passage of time. |
Keywords: | Brain Nerve Net Animals Humans Life Change Events Memory Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Models, Neurological |
Rights: | © 2002 W. B. Saunders Company |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0193-953X%2801%2900008-9 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Psychiatry publications |
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