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Brain functional connectivity abnormalities in trauma-related dissociation

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Some individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experience a series of symptoms attributable to ‘dissociation’ — severance either with themselves or their surroundings. A new study on the neurobiology of dissociation in PTSD uses functional MRI analysis to identify unique patterns of brain–behavior associations.

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This work was supported by NIMH (R21-MH121909 to N.P.D.).

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  1. McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA

    Athina R. Aruldass & Nikolaos P. Daskalakis

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Athina R. Aruldass & Nikolaos P. Daskalakis

  3. Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Athina R. Aruldass & Nikolaos P. Daskalakis

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N.P.D. has served on scientific advisory boards for BioVie Pharma, Circular Genomics and Sentio Solutions for unrelated work. A.R.A. declares no competing interests.

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Aruldass, A.R., Daskalakis, N.P. Brain functional connectivity abnormalities in trauma-related dissociation. Nat. Mental Health 1, 704–706 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00132-x

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