TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Hippocampal volume and memory performance in a community-based sample of women with posttraumatic stress disorder secondary to child abuse
JO  - Journal of Traumatic Stress
A1  - Pederson, Cathy L.
A1  - Maurer, Scott H.
A1  - Kaminski, Patricia L.
A1  - Zander, Kelly A.
A1  - Peters, Christina M.
A1  - Stokes-Crowe, Linda A.
A1  - Osborn, Robin E.
SP  - 37
EP  - 40
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0894-9867
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOTS.0000014674.84517.46
ID  - ref1
ER  -