Longitudinal MRI Study of Hippocampal Volume in Trauma Survivors With PTSD

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Authors

Omer Bonne · Harvard University

Dalia Brandes · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Asaf Gilboa · Harvard University

John M. Gomori · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Martha E. Shenton · Hadassah Academic College

Roger K. Pitman · Harvard University

Arieh Y. Shalev ·

Abstract

Smaller hippocampal volume is not a necessary risk factor for developing PTSD and does not occur within 6 months of expressing the disorder. This brain abnormality might occur in individuals with chronic or complicated PTSD.

Topics & Keywords

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 158, Issue 8, pp. 1248-1251

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1248

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