Department of Psychology
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Neuroimaging Lab
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Neuroimaging Lab

Publications

Selected Publications

Hinojosa, C.A., VanElzakker, M.B., Hughes, K.C., Offringa, R., Sangermano, L.M., Spaulding, I.G., Staples-Bradley, L. K., Whitman, E.T., Lasko, N.B., Rauch, S.L., Orr, S. P., Pitman, R.K., Shin, L. M. (2022). Exaggerated amygdala activation to ambiguous facial expressions is a familial vulnerability factor for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 156, 451- 459.

Shin, L.M. (2022). Looking through a fog: What persistent derealization can teach us about PTSD. Am J Psychiatry, 179, 599-600.

Shin, L.M., Sommers, S.R., Abdel-Nabi, H.B., Gany, S.Y., Greenebaum, S.L., Leon, S.J., Madarasmi, S., Mathew, K.E., Merker, J.B., Pius, L.K., Sanders, A.S., Spaulding, I.G., Whitman, E.T. (2022). Can you judge a book by its modality? An experimental comparison of reading and test performance across a print, electronic, or interactive introduction to psychology textbook assignment. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 8, 259–268.

Shin, L.M., & Sommers, S.R. (2021). Trauma, media, and the brain. Nature Human Behavior, 5, 1471-1472.

Kaur, N., Whitman, E., Moser, A.D., Hinojosa, C.A., VanElzakker, M.B., Camprodon, J.A., Brunyé, T.T., Shin, L.M. (2020). Targeting the anterior cingulate with bipolar and high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation. NeuroReport, 31, 346-351.

Sommers, S. R., Shin, L. M., Greenebaum, S. L., Merker, J., & Sanders, A. S. (2019). Quasi-experimental and experimental assessment of electronic textbook experiences: Student perceptions and test performance.  Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 5, 11-22.

Dahlgren, M. K., Laifer, L. M., VanElzakker, M., Offringa, R., Hughes, K. C., Staples-Bradley, L. K., Dubois, S. J., Lasko, N. B., Hinojosa, C.A., Orr, S. P., Pitman, R. K., & Shin, L. M. (2018). Diminished medial prefrontal cortex activation during the recollection of stressful events is an acquired characteristic of PTSD. Psychological Medicine, 48, 1128-1138. PMCID: PMC5847462.

Tawakol, A., Ishai, A., Takx, R., Abdelrahman, A., Kaiser, Y., Fayad, Z.A., Nahrendorf, M., Shin, L.M., Pitman, R.K. (2017). Relation between resting amygdalar activity and cardiovascular events: a longitudinal and cohort study. The Lancet, 389, 834-845.

Shin, L.M., Davis, F.C., VanElzakker, M.B., Dahlgren, M.K., Dubois, S.J. (2013). Neuroimaging predictors of treatment response in anxiety disorders. Biology of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, 3, 15. PMCID: PMC3750275

Offringa, R., Brohawn, K.H., Staples, L.K., Dubois, S.J., Hughes, K.C., Pfaff, D.L., VanElzakker, M.B., Davis, F.C., Shin, L.M. (2013). Diminished rostral anterior cingulate cortex activation during trauma-unrelated emotional interference in PTSD. Biology of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, 3, 10.

Shin, L.M., Bush, G., Milad, M.R., Lasko, N.B., Handwerger Brohawn, K., Hughes, K.C., Macklin, M.L., Gold, A.L., Karpf, R.D., Orr, S.P., Rauch, S.L. & Pitman, R.K. (2011). Exaggerated activation of dorsal anterior cingulate cortex during cognitive interference: A monozygotic twin study of posttraumatic stress disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 168, 979-985.

Handwerger Brohawn, K., Offringa, R., Pfaff, D.L., Hughes, K.C., Shin, L.M. (2010). The neural correlates of emotional memory in posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 68, 1023-1030.

Shin, L.M., Lasko, N.B., Macklin, M.L., Karpf, R.D., Milad, M.R., Orr, S.P., Goetz, J.M., Fischman, A.J., Rauch, S.L. & Pitman, R.K. (2009). Resting metabolic activity in the cingulate cortex and vulnerability to posttraumatic stress disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 66, 1099-1107.

Shin, L.M., Whalen, P.J., Pitman, R.K., Rauch, S.L. (2009). The role of the anterior cingulate in posttraumatic stress disorder and panic disorder. In B.A. Vogt (Ed), Cingulate Neurobiology and Disease. Volume 1: Infrastructure, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Oxford University Press.

Shin, L.M. (2009). The Amygdala in PTSD. In P. Shiromani, T. Keane, & J. LeDoux (Eds). Neurobiology of PTSD. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.

Shin, L.M., Bush, G., Whalen, P.J., Handwerger, K., Cannistraro, P., Wright, C.I., Martis, B., Macklin, M.L., Lasko, N.B., Orr, S.P., Pitman, R.K., Rauch, S.L. (2007). Dorsal anterior cingulate function in posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20, 701-712.

Shin, LM, Rauch, S.L., & Pitman, RK. (2006). Amygdala, medial prefrontal cortex, and hippocampal function in PTSD. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,1071, 67-79.

Shin, L.M., Wright, C.I., Cannistraro, P., Wedig, M., McMullin, K., Martis, B., Macklin, M.L., Lasko, N.B., Cavanagh, S., Krangel, T.S., Orr, S.P., Pitman, R.K., Whalen, P.J., & Rauch, S.L. (2005). A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex responses to overtly presented fearful faces in posttraumatic stress disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 273-281.

Shin, L.M., Orr, S.P., Carson, M.A., Rauch, S.L., Macklin, M.L., Lasko, N.B., Marzol Peters, P., Metzger, L.J., Dougherty, D.D., Cannistraro, P.A., Alpert, N.M., Fischman, A.J., & Pitman, R.K. (2004). Regional cerebral blood flow in amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex during traumatic imagery in male and female Vietnam veterans with PTSD. Archives of General Psychiatry, 61, 168-176.

Shin, L.M., Shin, P.S., Heckers, S., Krangel, T.S., Macklin, M.L., Orr, S.P., Lasko, N.B., Segal, E., Makris, N., Richert, K., Levering, J., Schacter, D.L., Alpert, N.M., Fischman, A.J., Pitman, R.K. & Rauch, S.L. (2004). Hippocampal function in posttraumatic stress disorder. Hippocampus, 14, 292-300.

Shin, L.M., Whalen, P.J., Pitman, R.K., Bush, G., Macklin, M.L., Lasko, N.B., Orr, S.P., McInerney, S.C., & Rauch, S.L. (2001). An fMRI study of anterior cingulate function in posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 50, 932-942.

Shin, L.M., Rauch, S.L., & Pitman, R.K. (2001). Symptom provocation studies: The example of anxiety disorders. In Dougherty, D. & Rauch, S.L. (Eds). Psychiatric neuroimaging research: contemporary strategies (pp.101-124). Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press.

Shin, L.M., Dougherty, D., Macklin, M.L., Orr, S.P., Pitman, R.K., & Rauch, S.L. (2000). Activation of anterior paralimbic structures during guilt-related script-driven imagery. Biological Psychiatry, 48, 43-50.

Rauch, S.L., Whalen, P.J., Shin, L.M., McInerney, S.C., Macklin, M.L., Lasko, N.B., Orr, S.P., & Pitman, R.K. (2000). Exaggerated amygdala response to masked fearful vs. happy facial stimuli in posttraumatic stress disorder: A functional MRI study. Biological Psychiatry, 47, 769-776.

Shin, L.M., McNally, R.J., Kosslyn, S.M., Thompson, W.L., Rauch, S.L., Alpert, N.M., Metzger, L.J., Lasko, N.B., Orr, S.P., & Pitman, R.K. (1999). Regional cerebral blood flow during script-driven imagery in childhood sexual abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder: A positron emission tomographic investigation. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 575-584.

Shin, L.M., Kosslyn, S.M., McNally, R.J., Alpert, N.M., Thompson, W.L., Rauch, S.L., Macklin, M.L., & Pitman, R.K. (1997). Visual imagery and perception in posttraumatic stress disorder: A positron emission tomographic investigation. Archives of General Psychiatry, 54, 233-241.