Research suggests that impaired functioning in brain areas responsible for threat detection and emotion regulation account for many PTSD symptoms.

The trauma you experience can actually change how both your body and brain work. Let's go through what PTSD is, how it changes someone and what the treatment options are.

The new drug has already passed Phase 1 safety trials in humans, making it a "strong candidate" for future PTSD treatments.

Trauma significantly alters brain structure, leading to PTSD symptoms like hypervigilance, intrusive thoughts, and memory issues, but targeted therapies can help survivors heal and regain control ...

Trauma may cause distinct and long-lasting effects even in people who do not develop PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), according to research. It is already known that stress affects brain ...

Harnett’s research uses magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, to look at brain structure and function. The brains of individuals with PTSD look different than those of individuals without PTSD. Brain ...

They conducted brain scans with research participants that look at brain structure and function and assess PTSD symptoms with a self-report measure called the Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS).

Researchers from China recently used MRI to compare brain structure in 24 pediatric PTSD patients and a control group of 23 trauma-exposed children without PTSD.

The extent to which the lost brain matter affects brain functioning is still unknown. Hedges plans to examine whether PTSD relates to learning and memory deficits in a follow-up study.