Altered amygdala connectivity in urban youth exposed to trauma

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1460-1468

  Thomason, Moriah E ^a,b,c   Marusak, Hilary A ^a,b   Tocco, Maria A ^b   Vila, Angela M ^a   McGarragle, Olivia ^b   Rosenberg, David R ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Maltreatment; Resting state; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTRAUMA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84947774391     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv030     Document Type: Article

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