Childhood trauma associated with smaller hippocampal volume in women with major depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2072-2080

  Vythilingam, Meena ^a,b,c,d   Heim, Christine ^a,b,c   Newport, Jeffrey ^a,b,c   Miller, Andrew H ^a,b,c   Anderson, Eric ^a,b,c   Bronen, Richard ^a,b,c   Brummer, Marijn ^a,b,c   Staib, Lawrence ^a,b,c   Vermetten, Eric ^a,b,c   Charney, Dennis S ^a,b,c   Nemeroff, Charles B ^a,b,c   Douglas Bremner, J ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0036895697     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.12.2072     Document Type: Article

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