Adolescent females exposed to child maltreatment exhibit atypical EEG coherence and psychiatric impairment: Linking early adversity, the brain, and psychopathology

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 419-432

  Miskovic, Vladimir ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a,b   Georgiades, Katholiki ^a,b   Boyle, Michael ^a,b   Macmillan, Harriet L ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 77952505314     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579410000155     Document Type: Article

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