The effects of neonatal stress on brain development: Implications for psychopathology

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 545-565

  Graham, Yolanda P ^b   Heim, Christine ^b   Goodman, Sherryl H ^b   Miller, Andrew H ^b   Nemeroff, Charles B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHILD ABUSE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STRESS;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD ABUSE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL DISORDERS; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033149125     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579499002205     Document Type: Review

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