Brain structural and functional changes in adolescents with psychiatric disorders

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-256

  Miguel Hidalgo, José Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Neuroimaging; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MYELINATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84892400154     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: 21910278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2013-0058     Document Type: Review

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