Childhood maltreatment is associated with a sex-dependent functional reorganization of a brain inhibitory control network

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1654-1667

  Elton, Amanda ^a   Tripathi, Shanti P ^a   Mletzko, Tanja ^b   Young, Jonathan ^a   Cisler, Josh M ^a   James, G Andrew ^a   Kilts, Clinton D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult survivors; Child abuse; Child neglect; Drug addiction; Functional brain imaging; Inhibition; Psychological adaptation; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN INHIBITORY CONTROL NETWORK; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896388347     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22280     Document Type: Article

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