Quality of early care and buffering of neuroendocrine stress reactions: Potential effects on the developing human brain

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 208-211

  Gunnar, Megan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Attention; Cingulate gyrus; Cortisol; Hippocampus; HPA system; Memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ATTENTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0032030159     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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