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15684912

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by anxiety symptoms and impulsivity and aggression, which are thought to represent examples of excessive behavioral inhibition and activation, respectively. PTSD and traumatized control subjects performed the Stop-Signal Task to assess behavioral activation and inhibition simultaneously. PTSD subjects showed no evidence of the generally increased behavioral inhibition expected to accompany anxiety, but exhibited progressively decreased behavioral activation during acquisition of the task. However, when behavior was facilitated using monetary rewards, both PTSD and traumatized control subjects showed increases in behavioral activation, whereas PTSD subjects also showed significant disinhibition. These findings argue against PTSD patients being chronically inhibited and unresponsive to rewards, and the presence of disinhibition accompanying behavioral activation in these subjects may explain the impulsivity and aggression associated with PTSD.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-3018
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
193
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
102-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Behavioral inhibition and activation in posttraumatic stress disorder.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas78229-3900, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't