Fear and Avoidance in PTSD Patients

Description

The purpose of this research study is to study how the brain learns to avoid certain stimuli or situations using an experimental paradigm. The big goal is to measure brain responses and subject's feelings and expectations when they are learning to actively avoid experimental stimuli, and how fear extinction learning and monetary cost can change how and when subjects are to avoid.

Conditions

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this research study is to study how the brain learns to avoid certain stimuli or situations using an experimental paradigm. The big goal is to measure brain responses and subject's feelings and expectations when they are learning to actively avoid experimental stimuli, and how fear extinction learning and monetary cost can change how and when subjects are to avoid.

Neural Correlates of Active Avoidance Learning and Their Interactions With Fear Extinction Mechanisms in PTSD Patients

Fear and Avoidance in PTSD Patients

Condition
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Houston

UTHealth Houston, Houston, Texas, United States, 77054

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. 18 - 70 years of age
  • 2. Female or Male
  • 3.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 70 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston,

Mohammed Milad, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)

Study Record Dates

2027-01