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ReviewBiological psychiatry2015

An Overview of Translationally Informed Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Animal Models of Pavlovian Fear Conditioning to Human Clinical Trials.

Mallory E Bowers, Kerry J Ressler

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Review in Biological psychiatry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Alpha-2 Adrenoreceptor Antagonist Yohimbine Potentiates Consolidation of Conditioned Fear.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2022
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  9. Pre-trauma cognitive traits predict fear generalization and associated prefrontal functioning in a longitudinal rodent model.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  14. Merkel cell stimulation in fear and sensory signaling.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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  19. A network approach to posttraumatic stress disorder: Comparing interview and self-report networks.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2024
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26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Mallory E BowersBehavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Kerry J ResslerBehavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Electronic address: kressle@emory.edu.

Funding

YNPRC NHP CLINICAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM - SUPPLEMENTP51RR000165 · NCRR · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ALTMAN, JOHN DAVID · 1985 to 2011
$114.0M
Genetic and Trauma-Related Risk Factors for PTSDR01MH071537 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI RESSLER, KERRY J. · 2005 to 2014
$8.5M
TRAINING IN SYSTEMS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY:NEUROSCIENCET32GM008605 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI SMITH, YOLAND · 1996 to 2015
$4.2M
Training In Systems And Integrative Biology NeuroscienceT32NS096050 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Yoland Smith · 2016 to 2026
$3.9M
2 of 2 Prospective Determination of Psychobiological Risk Factors for PTSDR01MH094757 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI RESSLER, KERRY J. · 2012 to 2016
$2.3M
Genetic and estrogen-dependent regulation of the human PAC1R receptor and PTSDR01MH096764 · NIMH · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI RESSLER, KERRY J. · 2012 to 2016
$2.1M
Endocannabinoid and Cholecystokinin Interactions Mediating Extinction LearningF31MH097397 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BOWERS, MALLORY · 2012 to 2014
$75k
NCRR NIH HHS P51 RR000165NCRR NIH HHS P51RR000165NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008605NIGMS NIH HHS T32-GM08605NIMH NIH HHS 1F31MH097397NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH097397NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH071537NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH094757NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH096764NIMH NIH HHS R01MH096764NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS096050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Posttraumatic stress disorder manifests after exposure to a traumatic event and is characterized by avoidance/numbing, intrusive symptoms and flashbacks, mood and cognitive disruptions, and hyperarousal/reactivity symptoms. These symptoms reflect dysregulation of the fear system likely caused by poor fear inhibition/extinction, increased generalization, and/or enhanced consolidation or acquisition of fear. These phenotypes can be modeled in animal subjects using Pavlovian fear conditioning, allowing investigation of the underlying neurobiology of normative and pathological fear. Preclinical studies reveal a number of neurotransmitter systems and circuits critical for aversive learning and memory that have informed the development of therapies used in human clinical trials. In this review, we discuss the evidence for a number of established and emerging pharmacotherapies and device-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder that have been developed via a bench to bedside translational model.

Indexed as

Clinical Trials as TopicTranslational Research, BiomedicalAnimalsConditioning, ClassicalDisease Models, AnimalFearHumansStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAntidepressantCannabinoidD-CycloserineExposureExtinctionFearGlucocorticoidHydrocortisoneMorphineOpioidPropranolol

Identifiers

PMID26238379
PMCPMC4527085

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