Early-life stress exposure associated with altered prefrontal resting-state fMRI connectivity in young children

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 107-114

  Demir Lira, Özlem Ece ^a,b   Voss, Joel L ^c   O'Neil, Jonathan T ^c   Briggs Gowan, Margaret J ^d   Wakschlag, Lauren S ^a,c   Booth, James R ^a,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Development; Early life stress; Prefrontal cortex; Resting state fMRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VIOLENCE; AGE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REST; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REST; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84977642579     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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