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JOURNAL OF TRAUMATIC STRESS
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 37-40Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOTS.0000014674.84517.46
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hippocampus; memory; posttraumatic stress disorder; child abuse
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Childhood abuse is linked to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which follows abuse survivors into adulthood. This study identified the neuropsychological and neuromorphological sequelae of PTSD among prepubescently abused women. Right-handed women aged 20-40 years were placed into PTSD and abuse, abuse only, and normal control groups (n = 17 per group). Participants were screened for trauma history and psychiatric symptoms, demographically matched, and given neuropsychological tests and a magnetic resonance scan of their brain. Women with PTSD did not express significant deficits in memory performance or hippocampal volume when compared with the abuse and normal control groups.
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