Cortical thickness, surface area, and gyrification abnormalities in children exposed to maltreatment: Neural markers of vulnerability?

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 845-852

  Kelly, Philip A ^a,c   Viding, Essi ^a,b   Wallace, Gregory L ^e   Schaer, Marie ^f   De Brito, Stephane A ^d   Robustelli, Briana ^e   Mccrory, Eamon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ANNA FREUD CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child abuse; cortical thickness; local gyrification; maltreatment; psychopathology; surface area

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULA; LINGUAL GYRUS; LOCAL GYRIFICATION INDEX; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARS OPERCULARIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CHILD ABUSE; CORTICAL THICKNESS; LOCAL GYRIFICATION; MALTREATMENT; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SURFACE AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84887246828     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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