Life-long effects of extreme stress on brain structures - a holocaust survivor MRI study

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Authors	FŇAŠKOVÁ Monika ŘÍHA Pavel REKTOR Ivan
Year of publication	2019
Type	Conference abstract
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Description	The neurobiological markers of extreme stress in Holocaust survivors (HS) compared to Czech age- and gender-matched control subjects (CS) without a personal or family history of Holocaust were investigated. Posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth were significantly more frequent in HS than CS.
Related projects:	Neurobiological and psychological markers of reaction to extreme stress and its impact on offspring - three generation study of holocaust survivors and their offspring