A neurostructural biomarker of dissociative amnesia: a hippocampal study in dissociative identity disorder.

Lora I DimitrovaSophie L DeanYolanda R SchlumpfEline M VissiaEllert R S NijenhuisVasiliki ChatziLutz JänckeDick J VeltmanSima ChalaviAntje A T S Reinders

Published in: Psychological medicine (2021)

We propose decreased CA1 volume as a biomarker for dissociative amnesia. We also propose that traumatisation, specifically emotional neglect, is interlinked with dissociative amnesia in having a detrimental effect on hippocampal volume.

Keyphrases

cerebral ischemia
subarachnoid hemorrhage