Prenatal stress alters amygdala functional connectivity in preterm neonates

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 381-388

  Scheinost, Dustin ^a   Kwon, Soo Hyun ^a   Lacadie, Cheryl ^a   Sze, Gordon ^a   Sinha, Rajita ^a,b   Constable, R Todd ^a   Ment, Laura R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Functional connectivity; Infant brain; Prenatal stress; Very preterm

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PERISTRIATE CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPLICATION; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84983552245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.08.010     Document Type: Article

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