Early life stress alters pituitary growth during adolescence-A longitudinal study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 185-194

  Ganella, Despina E ^a,b   Allen, Nicholas B ^d,e   Simmons, Julian G ^d,g   Schwartz, Orli ^d   Kim, Jee Hyun ^a,b   Sheeber, Lisa ^f   Whittle, Sarah ^c,d  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^f OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Development; Magnetic resonance imaging; Maternal care; Pituitary gland; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANOGENESIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PITUITARY GLAND DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PITUITARY GLAND; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922813887     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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