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The neurobiological role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in recovery from trauma: Longitudinal brain imaging study among survivors of the South Korean subway disaster
- Title
- The neurobiological role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in recovery from trauma: Longitudinal brain imaging study among survivors of the South Korean subway disaster
- Authors
- Lyoo I.K.; Kim J.E.; Yoon S.J.; Hwang J.; Bae S.; Kim D.J.
- Ewha Authors
- 김지은; 류인균
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 김지은; 류인균
- Issue Date
- 2011
- Journal Title
- Archives of General Psychiatry
- ISSN
- 0003-990X
- Citation
- Archives of General Psychiatry vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 701 - 713
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- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Context: A multiwave longitudinal neuroimaging study in a cohort of direct survivors of a South Korean subway disaster, most of whom recovered from posttraumatic stress disorder 5 years after trauma, provided a unique opportunity to investigate the brain correlates of recovery from a severe psychological trauma. Objectives: To investigate region-specific brain mobilization during successful recovery from posttraumatic stress disorder by assessing cortical thickness multiple times from early after trauma to recovery, and to examine whether a brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene polymorphism was associated with this brain mobilization. Design: Five-year follow-up case-control study conducted from 2003-2007. Setting: Seoul National University and Hospital. Participants: Thirty psychologically traumatized disaster survivors and 36 age- and sex-matched control group members recruited from the disaster registry and local community, respectively, who contributed 156 highresolution brain magnetic resonance images during 3 waves of assessments. Main Outcome Measures: Cerebral cortical thickness measured in high-resolution anatomic magnetic resonance images using a validated cortical thickness analysis tool and its prospective changes from early after trauma to recovery in trauma-exposed individuals and controls. Results: Trauma-exposed individuals had greater dorsolateral prefrontal cortical (DLPFC) thickness 1.42 years after trauma (right DLPFC, 5.4%; left superior frontal cortex, 5.8%; and left inferior frontal cortex, 5.3% [all clusters, P≤.01]) relative to controls. Thicknesses gradually normalized over time during recovery. We found a positive linear trend, with trauma-exposed individuals with a valine/valine genotype having the greatest DLPFC cortical thickness, followed by those with a methionine genotype and controls (P<.001 for trend). Greater DLPFC thickness was associated with greater posttraumatic stress disorder symptom reductions and better recovery. Conclusion: The DLPFC region might play an important role in psychological recovery from a severely traumatic event in humans. ©2011 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
- DOI
- 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.70
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- 일반대학원 > 뇌·인지과학과 > Journal papers
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