Acute response to psychological trauma and subsequent recovery: No changes in brain structure

Csilla Szabó; Oguz Kelemen; Einat Levy-Gigi; Szabolcs Kéri

doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.01.005

Acute response to psychological trauma and subsequent recovery: No changes in brain structure

Csilla Szabó, Oguz Kelemen, Einat Levy-Gigi, Szabolcs Kéri

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Abstract

We used magnetic resonance imaging to study brain structure in acute stress disorder (ASD) following a psychological trauma and after 4 weeks in remission. Whole-brain voxel-based morphometry and FreeSurfer analysis of the hippocampal formation and amygdala revealed no structural changes in ASD (n=75) compared with trauma-exposed individuals without ASD (n=60) and community controls (n=60). These results suggest that ASD, in contrast to posttraumatic stress disorder, is not characterized by structural brain alterations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	269-272
Number of pages	4
Journal	Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging
Volume	231
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.01.005
State	Published - 30 Mar 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Acute stress disorder
Amygdala
Brain volume
Hippocampus
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Trauma

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Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Psychiatry and Mental health

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