Journal of International Psychiatry

【Abstract】Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common kind of post traumatic reaction after the mental trauma. Memory impairment is the one of the typical symptoms, including the deletion of declarative memory and the flashback of non-declarative memory. Research suggests that, Prefrontal Cortex may have influence on non-declarative memory by inhibiting the hyperactive amygdale, and have influence on declarative memory by adjusting the hippocampal circuit. This review will have a summary on the neural structural basis of memory impairment of PTSD.

【Keywords】PTSD;memory impairment ;the amygdale; the hippocampal circuit;