Neurofunctional abnormalities during sustained attention in severe childhood abuse

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Lim, Lena ^a   Hart, Heledd ^a   Mehta, Mitul A ^a   Simmons, Andrew ^a,b   Mirza, Kah ^a   Rubia, Katya ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN ACTIVATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; ERROR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEFT INFERIOR PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEGLECT; NEUROFUNCTIONAL ABNORMALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OMISSION ERROR; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMATURE ERROR; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TREND STUDY; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994711595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165547     Document Type: Article

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