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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 "This is consistent with what we see behaviorally in PTSD, where people with the disorder are much more likely than others to connect traumatic triggers to events that have increased personal relevance, such as the combat situations in war veterans," co-author Dr. Florin Dolcos, an assistant professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the University of Alberta in Canada, said in the news release.
The study was to be presented Friday at a World Psychiatric Association meeting in Florence, Italy.
"As technology improves, imaging research is increasingly providing insights into the brains of people with post-traumatic stress disorder, pointing to potential biological markers distinguishing the PTSD-affected brain," Dolcos said. "The field is still in its infancy, but this raises the possibility that one day we may be able to see the disorder in the body as plainly as we now can see conditions such as heart disease and cancer."
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