3 out of 4 people who experience trauma report this phenomenon occurring either during or some time afterward.Also, around 2–10% of the general population experience it at some point in their lives, he adds.Recently, Dr.
Deisseroth and colleagues conducted a study that allowed them to identify, for the first time, the brain mechanism that initiates disassociation.They have now reported their findings in the journal Nature.The feeling of disassociation begins with nerve cells in the brain’s posteromedial cortex firing synchronously at a specific rate.Disassociation can be both troubling and disruptive, and it may become chronic. “In order to develop treatments, and to understand the biology, we needed to know more,” says Dr.
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