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Positive emotional training with real-time functional MRI amygdala neurofeedback increased hippocampal volume for PTSD
Masaya Misaki1, Beni Mulyana1,2, Vadim Zotev1, Brent E Wurfel3, Frank Krueger4, Matthew Feldner5, and Jerzy Bodurka1,6
1Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, United States, 2Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, United States, 3Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital, Tulsa, OK, United States, 4Neuroscience Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States, 5Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States, 6Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States
Positive emotion training with left amygdala fMRI neurofeedback reduced symptoms and increased the hippocampal left CA1-head volume for combat veterans with PTSD. A small hippocampus in PTSD is a treatable alteration in a part of the subfields.
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