Childhood physical abuse predicts stressor-evoked activity within central visceral control regions

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 474-485

  Banihashemi, Layla ^a   Sheu, Lei K ^a   Midei, Aimee J ^a   Gianaros, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Amygdala; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Hypothalamus; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CINGULATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; STROOP TEST;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHYSICAL ABUSE; SEPTAL NUCLEI; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84926480506     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu073     Document Type: Article

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