Child maltreatment and the developing brain: A review of neuroscience perspectives

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-68

  Twardosz, Sandra ^a   Lutzker, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Brain plasticity; Child maltreatment; Neuroscience; Stress system dysregulation

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; SYNAPTOGENESIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 70849109575     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2009.08.003     Document Type: Review

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