Neuroimaging resilience to stress: a review

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Nic J A Van Der Wee¹  Justine Nienke Pannekoek¹  Steven J A van der Werff¹  Susan M. van den Berg²  Bernet M. Elzinga³ 

[1] Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition;Leiden University Medical Center;Leiden University;

关键词: Neuroimaging;    MRI;    stress;    PTSD;    Trauma;    resilience;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00039

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

There is a high degree of intra-individual variation in how individuals respond to stress. This becomes evident when exploring the development of posttraumatic symptoms or stress-related disorders after exposure to trauma. Whether or not an individual develops posttraumatic symptoms after experiencing a traumatic event is partly dependent on a person’s resilience. Resilience can be broadly defined as the dynamic process encompassing positive adaptation within the context of significant adversity. Even though research into the neurobiological basis of resilience is still in its early stages, these insights can have important implications for the prevention and treatment of stress-related disorders. Neuroimaging studies contribute to our knowledge of intra-individual variability in resilience and the development of posttraumatic symptoms or other stress-related disorders. This review provides an overview of neuroimaging findings related to resilience. Structural, resting-state and task-related neuroimaging results associated with resilience are discussed. There are a limited number of studies available and neuroimaging research of resilience is still in its infancy. The available studies point at brain circuitries involved in stress and emotion regulation, with more efficient processing and regulation associated with resilience.

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