Adult attachment insecurity and hippocampal cell density

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-47

  Quirin, Markus ^a   Gillath, Omri ^b   Pruessner, Jens C ^c   Eggert, Lucas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult attachment styles; Brain; Emotion regulation; Hippocampus cell density; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBJECT RELATION; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77954008296     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp042     Document Type: Article

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