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ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2022

Contrasting Associations Between Heart Rate Variability and Brainstem-Limbic Connectivity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Its Dissociative Subtype: A Pilot Study.

Janine Thome, Maria Densmore, Braeden A Terpou, Jean Théberge, Margaret C McKinnon, Ruth A Lanius

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Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Janine ThomeDepartment of Psychiatry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Maria DensmoreDepartment of Psychiatry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Braeden A TerpouHomewood Research Institute, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Jean ThébergeDepartment of Psychiatry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Margaret C McKinnonHomewood Research Institute, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Ruth A LaniusDepartment of Psychiatry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Western University · CAHomewood Research Institute · CALawson Health Research Institute · CAMcMaster University · CA

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Abstract

Background: Increasing evidence points toward the need to extend the neurobiological conceptualization of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to include evolutionarily conserved neurocircuitries centered on the brainstem and the midbrain. The reticular activating system (RAS) helps to shape the arousal state of the brain, acting as a bridge between brain and body. To modulate arousal, the RAS is closely tied to the autonomic nervous system (ANS). Individuals with PTSD often reveal altered arousal patterns, ranging from hyper- to blunted arousal states, as well as altered functional connectivity profiles of key arousal-related brain structures that receive direct projections from the RAS. Accordingly, the present study aims to explore resting state functional connectivity of the RAS and its interaction with the ANS in participants with PTSD and its dissociative subtype. Methods: Individuals with PTSD ( Results: Both PTSD and PTSD + DS demonstrated reduced HRV as compared to controls. HRV measures were then correlated with rsFC of the PPN. Critically, participants with PTSD and participants with PTSD + DS displayed inverse correlations between HRV and rsFC between the PPN and key limbic structures, including the amygdala. Whereas participants with PTSD displayed a Conclusion: The present exploratory investigation reveals contrasting patterns of arousal-related circuitry among participants with PTSD and PTSD + DS, providing a neurobiological lens to interpret hyper- and more blunted arousal states in PTSD and PTSD + DS, respectively.

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brainstemheart rate variabilityposttraumatic stress disorderresting state functional magnetic resonance imagingreticular activating system

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