Stress-related disorders affect brain's processing of memory
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 07:35
in Health & Medicine
Researchers using functional MRI (fMRI) have determined that the circuitry in the area of the brain responsible for suppressing memory is dysfunctional in patients suffering from stress-related psychiatric disorders. Results of the study will be presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).