Researchers found out that post traumatic brain disorder with kids is in line with the adults. The study emphasizes that post traumatic stress hamper the functioning of hippocampus, a part of the brain that stores and retrieve memory. Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI test was used first time in kids and it gave the same result as in case of adults. Post traumatic brain disorder is a condition that the patient faces after facing a traumatic event.
It shows the poor functioning of hippocampus. Memory failure, increased anxiety and emotional arousal are the symptoms of traumatic experience and it shows up within three month of the event.
According to U.S department of veteran affairs the people who experience the traumatic event among them 3 percent to 15 percent of girls and one percent to six percent of boys are diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
This type of study was done on mice which revealed the same result. This study was carried out taking 27 people within the age group of 10 to 16.Among whom 16 had traumatic experience and 11 were normal people. Brains of all the participants were scanned and various memory tests were carried out.
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by on 04. Jan, 2010 in Health News
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