Differential Susceptibility of the Developing Brain to Contextual Adversity and Stress

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 142-162

  Boyce, W Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENDOPHENOTYPE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; KINDLING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY GATING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84949604424     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.294     Document Type: Review

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