Childhood maltreatment is associated with altered fear circuitry and increased internalizing symptoms by late adolescence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 19119-19124

  Herringa, Ryan J ^a   Birn, Rasmus M ^a,b   Ruttle, Paula L ^a   Burghy, Cory A ^c   Stodola, Diane E ^c   Davidson, Richard J ^a,c,d   Essex, Marilyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Medical Physics ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD MALTREATMENT; SEX DIFFERENCES; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD ABUSE; CONNECTOME; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84888122326     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310766110     Document Type: Article

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