Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been associated with reduced ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) volumes and overactivation of the amygdala, but it is unclear whether these features ...

In previous studies, Yale researchers found that in people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the amygdala—an area of the brain associated with emotional processing—reacts ...

Nested deeper within the brain are essential structures such as the basal ganglia, the amygdala ... out based on four large regions—the frontal lobe, the temporal lobe, the parietal lobe ...