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Published online 24 July 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060724-1
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Trauma may make the brain grow old
Stress seems to trigger memory problems later in life.
A bout of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may do damage to the brain that kick-starts memory problems, scientists have discovered. Even patients who had recovered from a period of stress started to get age-related memory difficulties about a decade earlier than non-traumatized people, they report.
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