Cumulative adversity and smaller gray matter volume in medial prefrontal, anterior cingulate, and insula regions

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-64

  Ansell, Emily B ^a   Rando, Kenneth ^a   Tuit, Keri ^a   Guarnaccia, Joseph ^a   Sinha, Rajita ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain MRI; chronic stress; cumulative adversity; gray matter volume; life trauma; prefrontal cortex; recent adverse life events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHRONIC STRESS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; INSULA; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SELF CONTROL; STRESS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861999740     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.11.022     Document Type: Article

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