Smaller hippocampal volume as a vulnerability factor for the persistence of post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2737-2746

  Van Rooij, S J H ^a,b   Kennis, M ^a,b   Sjouwerman, R ^a,b   Van Den Heuvel, M P ^a   Kahn, R S ^a   Geuze, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Ministerie van Defensie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hippocampal volume; magnetic resonance imaging; post traumatic stress disorder; trauma focused therapy; war veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERAN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84941259660     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291715000707     Document Type: Article

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