Duration of early adversity and structural brain development in post-institutionalized adolescents

NeuroImage

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-119

  Hodel, Amanda S ^a   Hunt, Ruskin H ^a   Cowell, Raquel A ^a,b   Van Den Heuvel, Sara E ^a   Gunnar, Megan R ^a   Thomas, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early adversity; Early deprivation; Early life stress; Post institutionalized youth; Structural brain development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD REARING; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ORPHANED CHILD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORPHANAGE; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORPHANAGES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84912055251     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.10.020     Document Type: Article

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