Behavioral problems after early life stress: Contributions of the hippocampus and amygdala

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 314-323

  Hanson, Jamie L ^a,f   Nacewicz, Brendon M ^b   Sutterer, Matthew J ^c   Cayo, Amelia A ^a   Schaefer, Stacey M ^a   Rudolph, Karen D ^d   Shirtcliff, Elizabeth A ^e   Pollak, Seth D ^a   Davidson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Amygdala; Chronic stress; Development; Early life stress; Emotion; Hippocampus; Limbic system; Medial temporal lobe; Neglect; Neural plasticity; Neuroimaging; Poverty; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILD NEGLECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL GUARDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84922607657     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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