Emory Researchers find Paxil Improves Memory and Brain Structure in PTSD Sufferers (Health/Medications)
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Description: Press release describes the research findings of J. Douglas Bremner, MD, of the Department... of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Emory University School of Medicine. Find a discussion of the potential benefits of the medication for patients. small(September 11, 2003)small Emory University researchers have found that paroxetine HCL (Paxil) produces measurable improvement in verbal memory and also increases the size of the hippocampus, a key area of the brain involved in learning and remembering, in persons suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Their study, which will be published in the Oct. 1 edition of Biological Psychiatry, also found that Paxil significantly reduces the three main symptom clusters of PTSD
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