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RSNA 2008: Dysfunctional Prefrontal Cortex May Preserve Bad Memories

CHICAGO, Dec. 3 -- Patients with stress-related psychiatric disorders sometimes have difficulty suppressing traumatic memories, researchers said here.

The culprit may be a dysfunctional prefrontal cortex, Nivedita Agarwal, M.D., of the University of Udine in Italy, said at the Radiological Society of North America meeting.

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