Age-dependent brain subcortical white and gray matter disruptions in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder

• 발행기관: 대한해부학회
• 저자명: Kambiz Kangarlou Samira Raminfard Jayran Zebardast Elham Faghihzadeh Bahman Jalali Kondori
• 간행물 정보: 『Anatomy and Cell Biology』Vol.58(2), 220~228쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 의학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.06.30

국문 초록

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric condition that can develop after experiencing a traumaticevent, and it is associated with a range of functional and structural brain abnormalities. This study aimed to investigateage-related differences in subcortical gray and white matter in veterans with PTSD. This study recruited 44 patients withPTSD and 48 healthy controls. Participants were divided into two age groups to evaluate structural magnetic resonanceimaging analysis. The results showed that individuals with PTSD had significantly smaller subcortical gray matter volumes,including the bilateral thalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, left pallidum, and right accumbens-area (P<0.05). Diffusion tensorimaging analyses revealed lower fractional anisotropy in several white matter structures, including the anterior limb of theinternal capsule, anterior corona radiata, and cingulum in both hemispheres (P<0.05). Additionally, the mean diffusivitywas higher in the anterior limb of the internal capsule, anterior corona radiata and the right external capsule (P<0.05). Acomparative analysis between two age groups, over 50 and under 50 years old, showed that younger PTSD patients had areduction in volume and abnormality in the corresponding white matter in more regions compared to the control group. These findings suggest that PTSD is associated with significant structural alterations in the brain, which may contribute tothe pathophysiology of the disorder. So, patient age is an effective factor in exposure to traumatic events and an older age iscontinuously associated with a worsening traumatic brain injury outcome.

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Posttraumatic stress disorder Gray matter White matter Diffusion tensor imaging