Citation

Germain A, James J, Insana S, Herringa RJ, Mammen O, Price J, Nofzinger E. Psychiatry Res. 2013; 211(2): 176-179.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: germax@upmc.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.05.007

PMID

23149024

Abstract

Relative regional cerebral metabolic rate of glucose in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and wakefulness was explored in combat veterans with and without PTSD, using positron emission tomography. Hypermetabolism in brain regions involved in arousal regulation, fear responses, and reward processing persist during REM sleep in combat veterans with PTSD.

Language: en