The neuro-environmental loop of plasticity: A cross-species analysis of parental effects on emotion circuitry development following typical and adverse caregiving

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 163-176

  Callaghan, Bridget L ^a   Tottenham, Nim ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAREGIVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; CHILD PARENT RELATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARENTING; PARENTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84949558501     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.204     Document Type: Review

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