Developmental pathways to amygdala-prefrontal function and internalizing symptoms in adolescence

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1736-1741

  Burghy, Cory A ^a   Stodola, Diane E ^a   Ruttle, Paula L ^b   Molloy, Erin K ^b   Armstrong, Jeffrey M ^b   Oler, Jonathan A ^b   Fox, Michelle E ^a   Hayes, Andrea S ^a   Kalin, Ned H ^b,c   Essex, Marilyn J ^b   Davidson, Richard J ^a,b,c   Birn, Rasmus M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REST;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84870530564     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3257     Document Type: Article

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