Cognitive ability and decline after early life stress exposure

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1674-1679

  Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Eriksson, Johan G ^a,b,c,d   Heinonen, Kati ^a   Kajantie, Eero ^a,e   Tuovinen, Soile ^a   Alastalo, Hanna ^e   Henriksson, Markus ^e,f   Leskinen, Jukka ^g   Osmond, Clive ^h   Barker, David J P ^h   Räikkönen, Katri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^d VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f CENTRE FOR MILITARY MEDICINE   (Finland)

^g NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Cognitive decline; Early life stress; ELS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875258751     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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