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  • Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common in combat veterans.
  • Previous neuroimaging studies suggest elevated amygdala activity in PTSD.
  • Limited temporal resolution in prior research hindered understanding of rapid fear responses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the temporal dynamics of amygdala activity in response to threatening stimuli in combat veterans with PTSD.
  • To examine fast, bottom-up fear processing in the amygdala using magnetoencephalography (MEG).

Main Methods:

  • Forty-four combat veterans (28 with PTSD, 16 without) underwent psychological testing.
  • Participants completed a face-processing task while undergoing MEG.
  • MEG data were analyzed using beamforming to image time-frequency activity.

Main Results:

  • Veterans with PTSD showed significantly stronger left amygdala oscillatory activity between 50-450 ms while processing threatening faces compared to controls.
  • This heightened activity was specific to threatening faces, not neutral ones.
  • The findings indicate rapid amygdala hyperactivity in PTSD.

Conclusions:

  • The study demonstrates that amygdala hyperactivity in response to threat cues in PTSD emerges rapidly.
  • This rapid response aligns with theories of adaptive bottom-up fear circuitry.
  • MEG provides crucial temporal specificity for understanding PTSD neurobiology.