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Is Hippocampus size the PTSD chicken or egg

June is PTSD awareness month

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Marc Arginteanu
Jun 01, 2024
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PTSD may be baked into your brain anatomy

There’s increasing evidence that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is linked to the size of a particular structure in your brain. People who suffer from PTSD are more likely to have a right hippocampus (part of the limbic system of the brain, involved in emotions and memory) that is too small when compared to…

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