Restoring large scale brain networks in the aftermath of trauma: implications for neuroscientifically-informed treatments

Background: Several intrinsic networks in the brain, including the default mode network, the salience network, and the central executive network, have shown to be critical to higher cognitive functioning. Importantly, these networks have been demonstrated to be compromised in psychopathology, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Akiki, Averill, & Abdallah, 2017; Lanius, Frewen, Tursich, Jetly, & McKinnon, 2015; Lanius, Terpou, & …