PTSD Archives - Knowing Neurons

Anastasiia Gryshyna April 11, 2023August 10, 2023 cancer, Childhood, DNA, Early Life Adversity, Epigenetics, gene expression, HPA axis, PTSD, stress

Nature Versus Nurture… Or Both?

By Anastasiia Gryshyna Many of us have heard a common debate between the fields of biology and sociology. Are human traits, behavior, and personality influenced by nature, or by nurture?… Read More

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Big Ideas Mental Health

Mariella Careaga August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Computer Games, Gaming, Intrusive Memories, Memory, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Tetris

Could a computer game help to tackle intrusive memories from traumatic events?

Nowadays, experiencing shocking and dangerous situations in which you think yours or someone else’s life is in danger is not rare. People who are exposed to, or have witnessed life-threatening… Read More

Brain Basics Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Eric Harvey March 8, 2017June 30, 2017 Anxiety, depression, DNA, Epigenetics, Genetics, Holocaust, Kristallnacht, Methylation, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rachel Yahuda, Trauma

The Epigenetic Legacy of Trauma

The evening of November 9th, 1938, began with typical fall solemnity for many Jews living across Germany: closing up their shops and businesses, returning home from school, and preparing family… Read More

Interviews Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Anita November 8, 2016June 30, 2017 Anxiety, Conversation, depression, Global, Health, Interview, Mental, Neuroscience, Neuroscience 2016, Policy, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Research, Science, SfN, SfN16, Shekhar Saxena, Society for Neuroscience, WHO, World Health Organization

Mental Health is a Part of Health: A Conversation with Shekhar Saxena

In a recent presidential town hall, President Obama looked directly into the camera and made a powerful statement about mental health. “If something inside you feels like it’s wounded, it’s… Read More

Neuro News Did You Know?Learning and Memory

knowingneurons May 4, 2016March 5, 2017 Adrenal, Amygdala, Brain, cortisol, depression, Disorder, Early Life Adversity, ELA, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, gene, Gland, glucocorticoid, glucose, Hippocampus, Iacoboni, Limbic, Maniam, Memory, Neurod1, Neurogenesis, Neuroplasticity, Plasticity, Psychotic, PTSD, Rats, Receptor, Spatial Navigation, stress, Sugar

Is too much sugar a form of brain abuse?

We all know too much sugar is bad for us. But did you know that having unfettered access to sugar might produce brain changes similar to highly stressful situations, such… Read More

Learning and Memory

knowingneurons April 22, 2015March 5, 2017 Amnesia, Cellular Pharmacology of Protein Kinase Mζ (PKMζ) Contrasts with Its in Vitro Profile: IMPLICATIONS FOR PKMζ AS A MEDIATOR OF MEMORY, Long-term memory, Memory, MMM, Molecular memory modification, PKMζ, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Prefrontal Cortex, protein kinase, PTSD, Safety, Teodora Stoica, Wu-Zhang

Memory Hack: Manipulating the Brain’s Memory Cache

Imagine having a memory that haunts you, sneaks into your daily thoughts and turns over on itself in your dreams. Escape seems impossible. Now imagine you are injected with a… Read More

Learning and Memory Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

knowingneurons April 30, 2014March 5, 2017 Conditioning, contextual fear conditioning, Extinction training, Fear conditioning, HDACi, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, Lexie Thorpe, Mice, Pavlov, Plasticity, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Therapy

Reconciling the Past with Pills: A New Approach to PTSD Treatment

Over a lifetime, the human brain stores countless memories. Some are mundane and practical, others are subjective, and some influence our thinking and behaviour. Not all of them are good.… Read More

Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

knowingneurons January 22, 2014March 5, 2017 2013, Amygdala, Anxiety, Fear, Genud-Gabai, Janak, Journal of Neuroscience, Paz, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Safety, Safety Encoding in the Basal Amygdala, Safety Signals in the Primate Amygdala, Sangha

The Sum of All Fears… Includes Safety?

Identifying safe or dangerous situations are essential for survival. A child may be fearful of crossing a road alone, but he will be completely relaxed while crossing the same road… Read More

Did You Know?Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sensation and Perception

Jillian L. Shaw May 15, 2013March 5, 2017 2013, Amygdala, Anxiety, Fear, Indiana Jones, Öhman, ophidiophobic, Panic, Phobia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Snake

Indiana Jones and the Overactive Amygdala

For Indiana Jones, there was no villain as menacing and no foe as treacherous as the writhing snakes in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Audiences saw their archaeologist champion paralyzed… Read More

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Jillian L. Shaw March 1, 2013March 5, 2017 Allele-specific FKBP5 DNA demethylation mediates gene-childhood trauma interactions, Elisabeth B Binder, Fear, FKBP5, glucocorticoid, Methylation, Nature Neuroscience, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs, Torsten Klengel

The Road to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Begins at the Intersection of DNA and Childhood Trauma

Shakespeare left out a crucial component for understanding human behavior when he wrote: it is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. Our genetic predispositions are… Read More