Brain imaging shows kids' PTSD symptoms linked to poor hippocampus function
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 06:07
in Psychology & Sociology
Psychological trauma leaves a trail of damage in a child's brain, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Their new study gives the first direct evidence that children with symptoms of post-traumatic stress suffer poor function of the hippocampus, a brain structure that stores and retrieves memories. The research helps explain why traumatised children behave as they do and could improve treatments for these kids...