Neural responses to masked fear faces: Sex differences and trauma exposure in posttraumatic stress disorder.
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Although women have a greater propensity than men to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following trauma, sex differences in neural activations to threat have received little investigation. This study tested the prediction that trauma would heighten activity in automatic fear-processing networks to a greater extent in women than in men. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data were recorded in 23 participants with PTSD (13 women, 10 men), 21 trauma-exposed controls (9 women, 12 men), and 42 non-trauma-exposed controls (22 women, 20 men) while they viewed masked facial expressions of fear. Exposure to trauma was associated with enhanced brainstem activity to fear in women, regardless of the presence of PTSD, but in men, it was associated only with the development of PTSD. Men with PTSD displayed greater hippocampal activity to fear than did women. Both men and women with PTSD showed enhanced amygdala activity to fear relative to controls. The authors conclude that greater brainstem activation to threat stimuli may contribute to the greater prevalence of PTSD in women, and greater hippocampal activation in men may subserve an enhanced capacity for contextualizing fear-related stimuli.
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- Authors
- Felmingham, K., Williams, L. M., Kemp, A. H., Liddell, B., Falconer, E., Peduto, A., & Bryant, R.
- Affiliations
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Westmead Institute for Medical Research (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Westmead Hospital (AU)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Abnormal Psychology
- Published
- 2010-02
- Volume
- 119
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 241-247
- ISSN
- 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1846
- OpenAlex
- W2005001382
- Cited by
- 179
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 11.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council (300304, 358676, 358770, 464820)
- Australian Research Council (LP0212048)
- Pfizer
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, sex differences, trauma exposure, fear processing, amygdala, hippocampus, brainstem, threat detection, women
- MeSH terms
- Amygdala, Anxiety Disorders, Brain Stem, Major Depressive Disorder, Face, Facial Expression, Fear, Female, Hippocampus, Humans, Life Change Events, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Oxygen, Perceptual Masking, Sex Factors, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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