Hippocampus Smaller in Veterans with PTSD

Stress-affected brain region is smaller in veterans with PTSD 03/02/2010. A specific region of the hippocampus, a brain structure that is essential to memory, is significantly smaller in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder than in those without the condition, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco. Archives of General Psychiatry via PhysOrg.com