Reduced Cingulate Gyrus Volume Associated with Enhanced Cortisol Awakening Response in Young Healthy Adults Reporting Childhood Trauma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Lu, Shaojia ^a   Gao, Weijia ^a   Wei, Zhaoguo ^a,b   Wu, Weiwei ^a   Liao, Mei ^a   Ding, Yuqiang ^a,c   Zhang, Zhijun ^d   Li, Lingjiang ^a,e  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN KANGNING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d AFFILIATED ZHONGDA HOSPITAL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF REPORT; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84880792003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069350     Document Type: Article

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