Childhood Cumulative Risk Exposure and Adult Amygdala Volume and Function

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 535-543

  Evans, Gary W ^a   Swain, James E ^b,c   King, Anthony P ^b   Wang, Xin ^b   Javanbakht, Arash ^b,d   Ho, S Shaun ^b   Angstadt, Michael ^b   Phan, K Luan ^e   Xie, Hong ^f   Liberzon, Israel ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala function; Amygdala volume; Children; Cumulative risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; AMYGDALA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; COHORT STUDIES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951128553     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23681     Document Type: Article

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