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ArticleThe Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences2025

Cognition and Ventral Attention Network Connectivity: Associations With Treatment Response in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Tina Chou, Darin D Dougherty, Scott F Sorg, Roger K Pitman, Kaloyan S Tanev

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Article in The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Tina ChouDepartment of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Mass. (all authors); Home Base Program, A Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program, Boston (Sorg, Tanev).
Darin D DoughertyDepartment of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Mass. (all authors); Home Base Program, A Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program, Boston (Sorg, Tanev).
Scott F SorgDepartment of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Mass. (all authors); Home Base Program, A Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program, Boston (Sorg, Tanev).
Roger K PitmanDepartment of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Mass. (all authors); Home Base Program, A Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program, Boston (Sorg, Tanev).
Kaloyan S TanevDepartment of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Mass. (all authors); Home Base Program, A Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program, Boston (Sorg, Tanev).

Funding

Cognitive processing therapy for PTSD with co-morbid mild traumatic brain injuryK23MH097844 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI TANEV, KALOYAN STEFANOV · 2013 to 2017
$927k
NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH097844
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly heterogeneous disorder, which makes it difficult to link clinical phenotypes with biomarkers to improve treatment outcomes. Findings from previous studies suggest that cognitive measures such as verbal memory or attention paired with within-ventral attention network (VAN) or salience network resting-state functional connectivity may predict treatment response among individuals with PTSD.

methodsIn a sample comprising 20 individuals with PTSD and 10 healthy control group individuals, the investigators subtyped individuals by using both discriminant function analysis and standardized norms for a single measure of memory and neuropsychological batteries of memory, attention, and executive functioning; attempted to replicate previous findings of lower within-VAN connectivity among individuals with cognitive impairment; and explored whether within-VAN connectivity paired with cognitive impairment predicted treatment outcomes.

resultsPTSD patients with cognitive impairment (defined by using a discriminant function analysis with verbal memory performance) had greater within-VAN resting-state functional connectivity compared with control group individuals and cognitively intact PTSD patients at a level that fell short of statistical significance (F=3.41; df=2, 21; η

conclusionsThese findings somewhat support the clinical utility of identifying cognitive phenotypes within PTSD (by using discriminant function analysis and verbal memory performance) to predict treatment outcomes.

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AttentionCognitive DysfunctionConnectomeNerve NetStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAdultExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsCognitionMemoryPosttraumatic Stress DisorderSalience NetworkVentral Attention NetworkVerbal Memory

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PMID39385577
PMCPMC11982343

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