About this Research Topic
We are now entering the third decade of the 21st Century, and, especially in the last years, the achievements made by scientists have been exceptional, leading to major advancements in the fast-growing field of Mental Health. Frontiers have organized a series of Research Topics to highlight the latest advancements in science to be at the forefront of science in different fields of research within Mental Health Research.
The Neuroscience portfolio at Frontiers is launching these Research Topics to promote international awareness of Mental Health Disorders. Over the past few decades, major progress has been made toward removing inequalities for people with Mental Health Disorders. However, in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, a majority of countries announced lockdowns, impacting more than 90 per cent of young people worldwide. Many people with Mental Health Disorders have been especially hard hit. Studies show that they have been disproportionately affected by increased loneliness, disruptions to routines, and services and support systems that they rely on.
This Research Topic article collection will focus on neuroscience research that can inform solutions for creating a culture of awareness, understanding, and solidarity, with this Topic focusing on the progress and challenges still faced in understanding the effect PTSD has on sensory neuroscience.
The Research Topic solicits brief, forward-looking contributions from researchers around the globe that describe the state of the art, outlining, recent developments and major accomplishments that have been achieved and that need to occur to move the field forward. Authors are encouraged to identify the greatest challenges in the sub-disciplines, and how to address those challenges.
This special edition Research Topic aims to shed light on the progress made in the past decade in the field of Human Neuroscience and PTSD and on its future challenges to provide a thorough overview of the status of the art of the Sensory Neuroscience field. This article collection will inspire, inform and provide direction and guidance to researchers in the field.
This topic focuses on, but is not limited to,
• Vestibular nuclei functional connectivity patterns and how these are altered in PTSD during rest.
•PTSD and its dissociative subtype and the unique functional connectivity patterns associated with this.
•The PTSD dissociative subtype and its association with limited connectivity in vestibular cortices.
•PTSD symptom severity correlation with prefrontal cortex connectivity.
•Multisensory integration involved with vestibular function in PTSD.
•How alterations in interoceptive and bodily self-awareness as well as emotional detachment may disrupt vestibular multisensory integration between the brainstem (vestibular nuclei) and key vestibular cortical regions (parieto-insular vestibular cortex, prefrontal cortex)
•Startle habituation, sensory, and sensorimotor gating in trauma-affected patients
The Neuroscience portfolio at Frontiers is launching these Research Topics to promote international awareness of Mental Health Disorders. Over the past few decades, major progress has been made toward removing inequalities for people with Mental Health Disorders. However, in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, a majority of countries announced lockdowns, impacting more than 90 per cent of young people worldwide. Many people with Mental Health Disorders have been especially hard hit. Studies show that they have been disproportionately affected by increased loneliness, disruptions to routines, and services and support systems that they rely on.
This Research Topic article collection will focus on neuroscience research that can inform solutions for creating a culture of awareness, understanding, and solidarity, with this Topic focusing on the progress and challenges still faced in understanding the effect PTSD has on sensory neuroscience.
The Research Topic solicits brief, forward-looking contributions from researchers around the globe that describe the state of the art, outlining, recent developments and major accomplishments that have been achieved and that need to occur to move the field forward. Authors are encouraged to identify the greatest challenges in the sub-disciplines, and how to address those challenges.
This special edition Research Topic aims to shed light on the progress made in the past decade in the field of Human Neuroscience and PTSD and on its future challenges to provide a thorough overview of the status of the art of the Sensory Neuroscience field. This article collection will inspire, inform and provide direction and guidance to researchers in the field.
This topic focuses on, but is not limited to,
• Vestibular nuclei functional connectivity patterns and how these are altered in PTSD during rest.
•PTSD and its dissociative subtype and the unique functional connectivity patterns associated with this.
•The PTSD dissociative subtype and its association with limited connectivity in vestibular cortices.
•PTSD symptom severity correlation with prefrontal cortex connectivity.
•Multisensory integration involved with vestibular function in PTSD.
•How alterations in interoceptive and bodily self-awareness as well as emotional detachment may disrupt vestibular multisensory integration between the brainstem (vestibular nuclei) and key vestibular cortical regions (parieto-insular vestibular cortex, prefrontal cortex)
•Startle habituation, sensory, and sensorimotor gating in trauma-affected patients
Keywords: sensory overload, PTSD, vestibular, prefrontal cortex, Connectivity
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
