Early life stress predicts thalamic hyperconnectivity: A transdiagnostic study of global connectivity

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 79, Issue , 2016, Pages 93-100

  Philip, Noah S ^a,b   Tyrka, Audrey R ^b   Albright, Sarah E ^a   Sweet, Lawrence H ^c   Almeida, Jorge ^b   Price, Lawrence H ^b   Carpenter, Linda L ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Default mode network; Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex; Early life stress; Functional connectivity; Salience network; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DORSAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIENCE NETWORK; THALAMUS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REST; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THALAMUS;

EID: 84969257670     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.05.003     Document Type: Article

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