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The neurobiology of PTSD

Neuroimaging the traumatized self: fMRI reveals altered response in cortical midline structures and occipital cortex during visual and verbal self- and other-referential processing in women with PTSD

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Article: 1314164 | Received 21 Feb 2017, Accepted 26 Mar 2017, Published online: 16 May 2017

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