Early life stress on brain structure and function across the lifespan: A preliminary study

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-58

  Seckfort, Donna L ^a   Paul, Robert ^a   Grieve, Stuart M ^b   Vandenberg, Brian ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^c   Williams, Leanne M ^d   Clark, C Richard ^e   Cohen, Ronald A ^f   Bruce, Steven ^a   Gordon, Evian ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Brain Resource Company   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cognition; Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Early life stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 65749102682     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-007-9015-y     Document Type: Article

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