Unilateral amygdala ablation: a potential treatment option for severe chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

Expert Rev Neurother. 2023 Jun;23(6):483-486. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2023.2218034. Epub 2023 May 29.

Authors

Lois Teye-Botchway¹, Jon T Willie², Sanne J H van Rooij³

Affiliations

¹ College of Arts and Sciences, Emory University.
² Departments of Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Neurology, and Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
³ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine.

No abstract available

Keywords: PTSD; amygdala; fear neurocircuitry; hippocampus; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); neuromodulation; neurosurgery; psychophysiology.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Amygdala / surgery
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / therapy

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