Homeostasis, stress, trauma, and adaptation: A neurodevelopmental view of childhood trauma

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-52

  Perry, B D ^a   Pollard, R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; COCAINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; ENDORPHIN; GLUCOSE; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE AGONIST; SEROTONIN; SODIUM; VASOPRESSIN;

ADAPTATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIENCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYSTERIA; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

EID: 0031933477     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1056-4993(18)30258-x     Document Type: Review

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