Effects of early life stress on depression, cognitive performance and brain morphology

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 171-181

  Saleh, A ^a   Potter, G G ^b   McQuoid, D R ^b   Boyd, B ^a   Turner, R ^a   MacFall, J R ^b   Taylor, W D ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain volumes; depression; magnetic resonance imaging; neuropsychological testing; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ADVERSE EVENTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989223371     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291716002403     Document Type: Article

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