Hippocampal volume decreases in pediatric patients receiving valproic acid treatment

Vikas Mangewala, M.D.1, Elaine Henna, M.D.1, Mark Nicoletti, M.Sc.1, Abishek Lunagariya, M.D.1, Thomas Frazier, Ph.D.2, Rene Olvera, M.D3, Giovana B. Zunta-Soares, M.D1., Hasan Baloch, M.D.3, Eric A . Youngstrom, Ph.D.3, John P. Hatch, Ph.D.4, and Jair C. Soares, M.D.1 1UT Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, 2Center of Pediatric Behavior Health, Cleveland, Ohio 3 Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas,