Childhood maltreatment is associated with reduced volume in the hippocampal subfields CA3, dentate gyrus,and subiculum

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

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Teicher, Martin H ^a,b   Anderson, Carl M ^a,b   Polcari, Ann ^a,b,c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Child abuse; Physical abuse; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD ABUSE; DENTATE GYRUS; DENTATE HILUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; STRESS; SUBICULUM; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTATE GYRUS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; ORGAN SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857709807     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115396109     Document Type: Article

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