REM sleep and safety signal learning in posttraumatic stress disorder: A preliminary study in military veterans

Background: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is associated with a number of negative physical and mental health consequences. Fear conditioning plays an important mechanistic role in PTSD, and PTSD patients also show deficits in safety signal learning. Sleep, particularly REM sleep, is linked to...

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Main Authors: Laura D. Straus, Sonya B. Norman, Victoria B. Risbrough, Dean T. Acheson, Sean P.A. Drummond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Neurobiology of Stress
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289518300092