The brain at war: effects of stress on brain structure in soldiers deployed to a war zone

Abstract In search of the neural basis of severe trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a multitude of cross-sectional studies have been conducted, most of them pointing at structural deficits in the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex including the anterior cingulate cortex...

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Main Authors: Simone Kühn, Oisin Butler, Gerd Willmund, Ulrich Wesemann, Peter Zimmermann, Jürgen Gallinat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01356-0