The impact of social disparity on prefrontal function in childhood

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sheridan, Margaret A ^a,b   Sarsour, Khaled ^c   Jutte, Douglas ^d   D'Esposito, Mark ^d   Boyce, W Thomas ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LANGUAGE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVARY GLAND; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SALIVARY GLANDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860361252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035744     Document Type: Article

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