Developmental variation in amygdala volumes among children with posttraumatic stress

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 481-495

  Weems, Carl F ^a   Scott, Brandon G ^a   Russell, Justin D ^a   Reiss, Allan L ^b   Carrión, Victor G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84887448364     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2013.820307     Document Type: Article

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