Duration of early adversity and structural brain development in post-institutionalized adolescents.

ABSTRACT: For children reared in institutions for orphaned or abandoned children, multiple aspects of the early environment deviate from species-typical experiences, which may lead to alterations in neurobehavioral development. Although the effects of early deprivation and early life stress have been studied extensively in animal models, less is known about implications for human brain development. This structural neuroimaging study examined the long-term neural correlates of early adverse rearing environments in a large sample of 12-14 year old children (N = 110) who were internationally adopted from institutional care as young children (median age at adoption = 12 months) relative to a same age, comparison group reared with their biological families in the United States. History of institutional r

SUBMITTER: Hodel AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4262668 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature