Altered amygdala and hippocampus function in adolescents with hypercortisolemia: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of Cushing syndrome

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1177-1189

  Maheu, Françoise S ^a   Mazzone, Luigi ^a   Merke, Deborah P ^b   Keil, Margaret F ^b   Stratakis, Constantine A ^b   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Ernst, Monique ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CHILD; CUSHING SYNDROME; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 53849118466     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579408000564     Document Type: Article

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