New China net London on August 31 special news (by Huang 堃) scientific researchers in Chinese, British and US on August 31 published a memoir saying that some Wenchuan earthquake survivors then presented the cerebrum region function abnormal phenomenon in the shaking latter more than 10 days. The researchers believe that this reminded people to deal with the disaster victims rapidly to develop the psychological intervention and related treatment after the catastrophe.

    This research by Sichuan University West China Hospital and King’s College London and Illinois State University and other institutional study personnels jointly is completed, the paper publishes in latest issue US “National Academy of Science Journal” on. Leads this research Sichuan University West China hospital professor Gong Qi said to the reporter bravely: “Occurs the 13th day from the earthquake, we start to the survivor to carry on the brain nuclear magnetic resonance scanning, finally discovered that in the cerebrum the responsible mood and memory function’s system presented the function change in a short time.”

    The researchers use new functionality nuclear magnetic resonance technology, shaking latter 13 days to 25 days has carried on the cerebrum scanning in to 44 health’s earthquake disaster victim populace, the activity enhancement of result discovery temporal lobe limbic system and corpus striatum region, simultaneously in these regions among the connection different brain structures is actually weaken. The temporal lobe limbic system and corpus striatum region are in the cerebrum control mood, memory and other function the regions, including temporal lobe, seahorse, nucleus amygdalae many brain structures.

    Gong Qiyong said: “This is just like a computer network, the different brain structure is the single computer, but among them the connection is a mesh wire. Now the operation of single computer increases, but entire network’s coordination is actually weaken, system-related presented the function change.”

    Participates in the research King’s College London AndreaDr. Kelly told Xinhua News Agency reporter, before the long-term diagnosis’s mental patient has discovered the function change of this cerebrum region in, but this was discovered for the first time this kind of change may occur in such a short time. He said that past similar research were many disaster occurred for several years even for dozens of years later carried on, the earthquake occurred for more than 10 days later immediately carried on this kind of clinical research first time.

    “This explained some catastrophe survivors, although in the short-term looked like is very healthy, but in fact actually concealed is having mental illness’s risk, and some survivors’ cerebrum related regions will possibly present in the structure the change,” Kelly said. Past research once demonstrated that the highly pressure not only will cause the cerebrum to present the function change, and has the brain structure change.

    Many people will have, despondent and other conditions after the bitter experience catastrophe anxious, symptom serious is called “wound after the medicine stress barrier”. Gong Qiyong said that in the Wenchuan earthquake survivor, will after possibly have reaches as high as 20% people suffer from “wound, stress barrier”, this will affect seriously their future social life, some people even because of it suicide.

    He and Kelly said that this findings showed needs rapidly to develop the psychological intervention after the catastrophe, should use the correlation technique to carry on the cerebrum scanning specially, discovers these cerebrum region functions to change the high risk, before developing the serious mental illness carries on the intervention and treatment. If intervenes appropriately, has the possibility to make this kind of function change to restore to the normal state.