Maternal Buffering of Human Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuitry During Childhood but Not During Adolescence

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2067-2078

  Gee, Dylan G ^a   Gabard Durnam, Laurel ^a   Telzer, Eva H ^a   Humphreys, Kathryn L ^a   Goff, Bonnie ^a   Shapiro, Mor ^a   Flannery, Jessica ^a   Lumian, Daniel S ^a   Fareri, Dominic S ^a   Caldera, Christina ^a   Tottenham, Nim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; anxiety; development; emotion regulation; fMRI; functional connectivity; mother child relationship; prefrontal cortex; sensitive period

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGE; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTHERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84910639159     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614550878     Document Type: Article

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