Table 6.

Group differences tendency in BLA resting‐state functional connectivity

Brain regions	TEC–HC change		PTSD‐HC change		PTSD‐TEC change		Implication
	L.BLA	R.BLA	L.BLA	R.BLA	L.BLA	R.BLA
Left vmPFC				↑
Right vmPFC		↓			↑	↑	Protective
Left OFC				↑		↑
Right OFC				↑		↑
Left angular gyrus			↑	↑	↑
Right angular gyrus			↑	↑	↑	↑
Left PoCG		↑				↓	Protective
Right PoCG		↑				↓	Protective
Left STG	↓	↓	↓	↓			Aggravated
Right STG				↓
Left MFG			↑		↑	↓
Right MFG			↑
Left SFG						↓
Right hippocampus		↓
Right dACC/paracentral gyrus	↑			↓

Abbreviations: dACC, dorsal anterior cingulate gyrus; HC, healthy control group; MFG, middle frontal gyrus; OFC, orbital frontal gyrus; PoCG, postcentral gyrus; PTSD, post‐traumatic stress disorder group; SFG, superior frontal gyrus; STG, superior temporal gyrus; TEC, trauma‐exposed control group; vmPFC, ventral media prefrontal cortex.