Atmaca M, Baykara S, Ozer O, Korkmaz S, Akaslan U, Yildirim H. Hippocampus and amygdala volumes in patients with vaginismus. World J Psychiatr 2016; 6(2): 221-225 [PMID: 27354964 DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v6.i2.221]
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Murad Atmaca, MD, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Firat University, Firat Tip Merkezi, Psikiyatri Anabilim Dali, 23119 Elazig, Turkey. matmaca_p@yahoo.com
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Psychiatry
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Case Control Study
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Murad Atmaca, Omer Ozer, Sevda Korkmaz, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Firat University, 23119 Elazig, Turkey
Sema Baykara, Elazig Mental Health Hospital, 23119 Elazig, Turkey
Unsal Akaslan, Hanefi Yildirim, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Firat University, 23119 Elazig, Turkey
Author contributions: All authors were involved in all parts of the investigation.
Informed consent statement: All patients gave informed consent.
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Correspondence to: Murad Atmaca, MD, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Firat University, Firat Tip Merkezi, Psikiyatri Anabilim Dali, 23119 Elazig, Turkey. matmaca_p@yahoo.com
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Received: January 14, 2016 Peer-review started: January 15, 2016 First decision: March 1, 2016 Revised: March 25, 2016 Accepted: May 10, 2016 Article in press: May 11, 2016 Published online: June 22, 2016 Processing time: 157 Days and 7.6 Hours
Abstract
AIM: To compare hippocampus and amygdala volumes of patients with vaginismus with those of healthy control subjects.
METHODS: Magnetic resonance imaging was performed on ten patients with vaginismus and ten control subjects matched for age and gender. Volumes of the hippocampus and amygdala were blindly measured.
RESULTS: We found that the mean right amygdala volume of patients with vaginismus were smaller than that of the healthy controls. With regard to hippocampus volumes, the mean left and right hippocampus volumes were smaller than those of the healthy controls.
CONCLUSION: Our present findings suggest that there have been hippocampus and amygdala structural abnormalities in patients with vaginismus. These changes provide the notion that vaginismus may be a fear-related condition.
Core tip: Our present findings suggest that there have been hippocampus and amygdala structural abnormalities in patients with vaginismus. These changes provide the notion that vaginismus may be a fear-related condition.
