How emotional abilities modulate the influence of early life stress on hippocampal functioning

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1038-1045

  Aust, Sabine ^a,b   Härtwig, Elif Alkan ^a   Koelsch, Stefan ^a   Heekeren, Hauke R ^a   Heuser, Isabella ^a,b   Bajbouj, Malek ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Early life stress; Emotion; FMRI; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEARING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904253884     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst078     Document Type: Article

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