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In 1997 Breman (Yale) did an...
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MRI study on 17 adult survivors of physical or sexual childhood abuse. All had PSTD.
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He then compared them with 17 healthy subjects cross match for the following...
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Age, race, sex, handedness, years of education, and years of alcohol abuse.
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The left hippocampus of abused patients with PTSD was on average...
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12 percent smaller than that of the healthy group. The right hippocampus was completely normal.
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A verbal memory test was also administered...
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To both groups.
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Abused patients scored...
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Lower on the memory test than the healthy subjects.
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In 1997 Murray Stein (UC San Diego) measured volume of hippocampus in...
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21 women with childhood sexual abuse and one of two disorders: either PTSD or DID.
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Volume of left hippocampus was significantly...
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Reduced compared to healthy controls. The right hippocampus was normal.
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There was also a clear correspondence between degree of reduction in left hippocampus size and the severity of...
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Dissociative symptoms. Both PTSD and DID have dissociative symptoms.
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Schiffer's research team+McLean team in 1995 measured...
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hemispheric activity in adults during the recall of a neutral memory vs a disturbing early memory.
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Abused subjects mostly used...
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left hemisphere when thinking about neutral memories and used the right when recalling disturbing memories.
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Healthy controls used...
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both hemispheres for both memories in a balanced way.
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