MRI-based measurement of hippocampal volume in patients with combat- related posttraumatic stress disorder
- 1 July 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 152 (7), 973-981
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.973
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Studies in nonhuman primates suggest that high levels of cortisol associated with stress have neurotoxic effects on the hippocampus, a brain structure involved in memory. The authors pre...Keywords
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