Hippocampal volume deficits associated with exposure to psychological trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in adults: A meta-analysis

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1181-1188

  Woon, Fu Lye ^a   Sood, Shabnam ^b   Hedges, Dawson W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medical Professional Associates of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Neuroimaging; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Trauma

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; EXPOSURE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; WAR;

ADULT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77956446776     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.06.016     Document Type: Review

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