Increase of precuneus metabolism correlates with reduction of PTSD symptoms after EMDR therapy in military veterans: an 18F-FDG PET study during virtual reality exposure to war.

Date publication

mai 2019

Journal

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr VERGER Antoine

Tous les auteurs :
Rousseau PF, Malbos E, Verger A, Nicolas F, Lançon C, Khalfa S, Guedj E

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31152209

Résumé

The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is higher among veterans, and can lead to disastrous consequences such as suicide. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is recommended in first-line psychotherapies for PTSD. Virtual reality exposure (VRE) coupled with 18F-FDG PET imaging can highlight the activated brain regions during stress exposure. The objective of this study is to identify, after EMDR therapy, the regions of brain metabolism that evolve during the stress exposure of a war scene with symptomatic remission in a group of military veterans suffering from PTSD, and to secondarily search for predictive metabolic features.

Mots clés

Brain metabolism, Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, PET, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Veterans, Virtual reality exposure, War

Référence

Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging. 2019 May 31;: