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SUBMITTER: Sripada RK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4104343 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 20140328 9
Convergent research suggests that childhood poverty is associated with perturbation in the stress response system. This might extend to aberrations in the connectivity of large-scale brain networks, which subserve key cognitive and emotional functions. Resting-state brain activity was measured in adults with a documented history of childhood poverty (n=26) and matched controls from middle-income families (n=26). Participants also underwent a standard laboratory social stress test and provided sa ...[more]