Trauma experiences change the brain even in those without PTSD

Public Release: 4-Aug-2015
Trauma experiences change the brain even in those without PTSD
Findings will inform a study of UK war veterans' brains that aims to answer a question left to future researchers in 1922 by a post WW1 inquiry
University of Oxford

Trauma may cause distinct and long-lasting effects even in people who do not develop PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), according to research by scientists working at the University of Oxford's Department of Psychiatry. It is already known that stress affects brain function and may lead to PTSD, but until now the underlying brain networks have proven elusive.

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