Psychobiology of childhood maltreatment: Effects of allostatic load?

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-68

  Grassi Oliveira, Rodrigo ^a,d   Ashy, Majed ^b,c   Stein, Lilian Milnitsky ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Child abuse; Child development; Neurobiology; Stress, psychological

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALLOSTASIS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NEGLECT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDLINE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALLOSTASIS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; NEUROBIOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 41949103038     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462008000100012     Document Type: Article

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