APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Early Life Stress Predicts Decreased Cortical Thickness and Total Gray Volume in School Age Children

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Emma Chad-Friedman
    University of Maryland, College Park
  • Lea Dougherty
    University of Maryland, College Park
  • Tracy Riggins
    University of Maryland, College Park

Abstract

GMH poster competition*

This longitudinal study demonstrated that early life stress (in children age 3-5 years) predicts widespread reductions in total gray matter volume and cortical thickness across the right inferior parietal, superior parietal, superior temporal, and fusiform gyrus 3 years later, over and above current stressors.

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