Environmental influences on neural plasticity, the limbic system, emotional development and attachment: A review

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-208

  Joseph, R ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Brain Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Amygdala; Attachment; Cingulate gyrus; Development; Emotion; Hippocampus; Neglect; Neural plasticity; Septal nuclei; The unabomber

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CINGULATE GYRUS; DENDRITE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; PLAY; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPSE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033024307     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022660923605     Document Type: Review

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