Prenatal origins of temperament: Fetal growth, brain structure, and inhibitory control in adolescence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Schlotz, Wolff ^a,b,c   Godfrey, Keith M ^b,d   Phillips, David I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERAMENT; WHITE MATTER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84900554836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096715     Document Type: Article

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