Hippocampal volume and declarative memory function in combat-related PTSD

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 830-839

  Woodward, Steven H ^a   Kaloupek, Danny G ^b,c   Grande, Laura J ^d   Stegman, Wendy K ^e   Kutter, Catherine J ^f   Leskin, Loraine ^g   Prestel, Rebecca ^b   Schaer, Marie ^h,i   Reiss, Allan L ^j   Eliez, Stephan ^h  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d New England Health Care Foundation   (United States)

^e Earth Systems   (Australia)

^f White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^g VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

ⁱ EPFL   (Switzerland)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cognition; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Memory; Neocortex; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

BRAIN SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL MEMORY; VETERAN; VISUAL MEMORY; WAR; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; COMBAT DISORDERS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 72749097183     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709990476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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