Traumatic stress shapes the brains of boys and girls in different ways

Traumatic stress shapes the brains of boys and girls in different ways Palo Alto, Calif. (UPI) Nov 11, 2016 - New research show the brains of boys and girls are affected differently by trauma. The structural differences between young male and female PTSD patients were found inside the insula, one of the brain's processing centers for empathy and other emotions. "The insula appears to play a key role in the development of PTSD," Victor Carrion, professor of psychiatry and behavioral scien ... more

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