Effects of early stress on brain structure and function: Implications for understanding the relationship between child maltreatment and depression

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 451-471

  Kaufman, Joan ^a   Charney, Dennis ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0035354550     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579401003030     Document Type: Article

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