Amygdala and hippocampal volumes and cognition in adult survivors of childhood abuse with dissociative disorders

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-290

  Weniger, G ^b   Lange, C ^a   Sachsse, U ^c   Irle, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Asklepios Psychiatric Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D magnetic resonance imaging; Dissociative amnesia; Dissociative identity disorder; Post traumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; DIAZEPAM; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AMYGDALA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 51649083833     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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