Larger amygdala but no change in hippocampal volume in 10-year-old children exposed to maternal depressive symptomatology since birth

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 14324-14329

  Lupien, Sonia J ^a,b,c   Parent, Sophie ^b   Evans, Alan C ^d   Tremblay, Richard E ^b,c,e,f   Zelazo, Philip David ^g   Corbo, Vincent ^h   Pruessner, Jens C ^h   Séguin, Jean R ^b,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Child; Development; Parental care

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MATERNAL STRESS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; ORGAN SIZE; SALIVA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80052164630     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105371108     Document Type: Article

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