Magnetic resonance imaging-based measurement of hippocampal volume in posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood physical and sexual abuse - A preliminary report

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-32

  Bremner, J Douglas ^a,c   Randall, Penny ^a   Vermetten, Eric ^b   Staib, Lawrence ^d   Bronen, Richard A ^d   Mazure, Carolyn ^a   Capelli, Sandi ^d   McCarthy, Gregory ^a   Innis, Robert B ^a   Charney, Dennis S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

childhood abuse; cortisol; hippocampus; posttraumatic stress disorder; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0031024960     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00162-X     Document Type: Article

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