Stress and the healthy adolescent brain: Evidence for the neural embedding of life events

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 4 PART 1, 2013, Pages 879-889

  Ganzel, Barbara L ^a   Kim, Pilyoung ^b   Gilmore, Heather ^e   Tottenham, Nim ^c   Temple, Elise ^d  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NeuroFocus Inc   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84887754363     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579413000242     Document Type: Article

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