Multilevel assessment of the neurobiological threat system in depressed adolescents: Interplay between the limbic system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 1321-1335

  Klimes Dougan, Bonnie ^a   Eberly, Lynn E ^a   Westlund Schreiner, Melinda ^a   Kurkiewicz, Patrick ^a   Houri, Alaa ^a   Schlesinger, Amanda ^b   Thomas, Kathleen M ^a   Mueller, Bryon A ^a   Lim, Kelvin O ^a   Cullen, Kathryn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913599297     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579414001059     Document Type: Article

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