Enduring psychobiological effects of childhood adversity

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1850-1857

  Ehlert, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adverse living conditions; Child development; Childhood trauma; Epigenetics; Genetics; HPA axis; Inflammation; Multi morbidity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BDNF GENE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALADJUSTMENT; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK FACTOR;

ADVERSE LIVING CONDITIONS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA; EPIGENETICS; GENETICS; HPA AXIS; INFLAMMATION; MULTI-MORBIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CRIME VICTIMS; EMOTIONS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883656951     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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