Reduced Visual Cortex Gray Matter Volume and Thickness in Young Adults Who Witnessed Domestic Violence during Childhood

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

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

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); CORTICOLIMBIC REGION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL STRESS; GENDER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; RIGHT LINGUAL GYRUS; SOCIAL STATUS; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871594768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052528     Document Type: Article

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