Lower structural integrity of the uncinate fasciculus is associated with a history of child maltreatment and future psychological vulnerability to stress

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2015, Pages 1611-1619

  Hanson, Jamie L ^a,b   Knodt, Annchen R ^a   Brigidi, Bartholomew D ^a   Hariri, Ahmad R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963588848     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579415000978     Document Type: Article

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