Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & TreatmentISSN: 2324-8947

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Araceli Sanz-Martin Author

araceli.sanz.martin@gmail.com 521(33)37771150

Subjects of specialization
Violence in childhood, Child Abuse, Electrical brain activity, Memory

Affiliation
Instituto de Neurociencias, CUCBA, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, M

Biography

Araceli Sanz Martin studied Psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His Master's and Doctorate studies in Behavioral Sciences (neuroscience option) were carried out at the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Guadalajara. She is currently serving as Senior Research Professor B in the Laboratory of Memory Psychophysiology. his main research interest focuses on the effects of early stress on the development of the central nervous system. In particular, he has studied the relationship between violence in childhood (for example, child abuse and bullying) in electrical brain activity, memory, motor inhibition and emotional recognition.

Publications

Research Article Open Access

Prefrontal Dysfunction in Girls with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Secondary to Child Sexual Abuse, and Its Relation to Basal Cortisol Levels

Author(s):

Araceli Sanz-Martin, Sofía Preciado-Mercado, Olga-Inozemtseva, Ibza América García-León

Child sexual abuse is a stressful event that is often associated with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and such brain structures as the prefrontal cortex, which is related to the executive functions and other higher order processes. Though it has been reported that child sexual abuse survivors with PTSD have higher baseline cortisol levels, and that this is associated with cognitive decline, the relation between it and cognitive performance in victims of child sexual abuse with PTSD is not clear. Therefore, the objective of this research was to determine the relation between basal cortisol levels and the cognitive functions related to the prefrontal cortex in female adolescents with PTSD secondary to child sexual abuse. Twenty... view more»

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