Cortisol response following exposure treatment for PTSD in rape victims (Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma)
Changes in salivary cortisol levels in adult female rape victims with PTSD, assigned to either prolonged exposure therapy or EMDR.
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Electrophysiological changes during EMDR treatment in patients with combat-related PTSD (Annals of General Psychiatry)
We have recorded a continual polygraph EEG, before, during and after EMDR therapy, in patient with combat-related PTSD.
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EMDR’s Neurobiological Mechanisms of Action: A Survey of 20 Years of Searching (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
We review neurobiological studies of EMDR, as well as theoretically driven speculative models to determine mechanisms of action.
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Bilateral eye movement, attentional flexibility and metaphor comprehension: The substrate of REM dreaming? (Dreaming)
In a study involving individuals who had recently experienced significant loss or trauma, we found that experimentally induced saccadic eye movements decreased reaction times to unexpected stimuli among those reporting traumatic distress and increased reaction times among those reporting separation distress.
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Hemodynamic responses of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in posttraumatic stress disorder (Neuroscience Research)
We assessed the change in hemoglobin concentration in the lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC) during Recall with and without eye movements.
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Adult PTSD and Its Treatment With EMDR: A Review of Controversies, Evidence, and Theoretical Knowledge (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This article provides an overview of selective issues relating to adult posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its treatment with EMDR.
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EMDR Works . . . But How? Recent Progress in the Search for Treatment Mechanisms (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This article reviews several accounts of how EMDR works to reduce symptoms and/or aid in memory reprocessing.
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A Single-Case fMRI Study EMDR Treatment of a Patient With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Study of EMDR with auditory alternating bilateral stimulation (ABS) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of brain activations.
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Present and Accounted For: Sensory Stimulation and Parietal Neuroplasticity (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Directional/bilateral alternating peripheral sensory stimulation appear to assist in the amelioration of a wide range of clinical conditions.
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Sleep-Dependent Memory Processing and EMDR Action (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
The possibility that bilateral stimulation induces a brain/mind state similar to that of rapid eye movement sleep is supported by studies.
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The Neurobiology of EMDR: Exploring the Thalamus and Neural Integration (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
One underlying mechanism of EMDR stimulation (BLS) is likely thalamic activation specifically of the ventrolateral and central-lateral nuclei.
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EMDR and the Adaptive Information Processing Model: Potential Mechanisms of Change (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Throughout the article a variety of mechanisms of action are discussed, including those inferred by tenets of the AIP model, and the EMDR procedures themselves, including the bilateral stimulation.
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