@article{ref1,
title="Hippocampal volume and memory performance in a community-based sample of women with posttraumatic stress disorder secondary to child abuse",
journal="Journal of Traumatic Stress",
year="2004",
author="Pederson, Cathy L. and Maurer, Scott H. and Kaminski, Patricia L. and Zander, Kelly A. and Peters, Christina M. and Stokes-Crowe, Linda A. and Osborn, Robin E.",
volume="17",
number="1",
pages="37-40",
abstract="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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-9867",
doi="10.1023/B:JOTS.0000014674.84517.46",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOTS.0000014674.84517.46"
}