"Hippocampal volume" refers to the size or amount of a part of the brain called the hippocampus. It is a measurement used to evaluate the health and functioning of this important brain region.
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- White's own studies show that veterans who were most exposed to these substances showed reductions in white matter, and another 2010 study found smaller hippocampal volumes in the vets, much like the changes seen in victims of the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo. (discovermagazine.com)
- Lindauer RJL, Vlieger EJ, Jalink M, Olff M, Carlier IVE, Majoie CBLM, den Heeten GJ, Gersons BPR, Effects of psychotherapy on hippocampal volume in out - patients with post-traumatic stress disorder: a MRI investigation. (lebic-amc.nl)
- (It is also somewhat problematic that stress itself did not correlate with hippocampal volumes since this was one of the potential hypotheses proposed by the authors and thus, appears to undercut the conclusions.) (scientificamerican.com)
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