@article {Bergmann:2008:1933-3196:300,
	author = "Bergmann, Uri",
	title = "The Neurobiology of EMDR: Exploring the Thalamus and Neural Integration",
	journal = "Journal of EMDR Practice and Research",
	volume = "2",
	number = "4",
	year = "2008",
	abstract = "Recent neuroimaging studies on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have revealed a consistent decrease in thalamic activity, relative to non-PTSD controls. Empirical studies of the past decade have shown the thalamus to be centrally involved in the integration of perceptual, somatosensory, memorial, and cognitive processes (thalamo-cortical-temporal binding). A theoretical model is proposed to suggest that one underlying mechanism of EMDR stimulation (dual-attention stimulation/bilateral stimulation [DAS/BLS] ) is thalamic activation, specifically of the ventrolateral and central-lateral nuclei. It is hypothesized that this may facilitate the repair and integration of somatosensory, memorial, cognitive, frontal lobe and synchronized hemispheric functions that are disrupted in PTSD.",
	pages = "300-314",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/springer/emdr/2008/00000002/00000004/art00008",
	doi = "doi:10.1891/1933-3196.2.4.300",
	keyword = "EMDR, THALAMUS, NEURAL OSCILLATION, THALAMO-CORTICAL-TEMPORAL BINDING, 40-HZ GAMMA-BAND ACTIVITY (GBA)"
}