A stable and replicable neural signature of lifespan adversity in the adult brain

NE Holz, M Zabihi, SM Kia, M Monninger… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Environmental adversities constitute potent risk factors for psychiatric disorders. Evidence
suggests the brain adapts to adversity, possibly in an adversity-type and region-specific …

Mismatch or allostatic load? Timing of life adversity differentially shapes gray matter volume and anxious temperament

M Kuhn, R Scharfenort, D Schümann… - Social Cognitive and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Traditionally, adversity was defined as the accumulation of environmental events (allostatic
load). Recently however, a mismatch between the early and the later (adult) environment …

Cumulative adversity and smaller gray matter volume in medial prefrontal, anterior cingulate, and insula regions

EB Ansell, K Rando, K Tuit, J Guarnaccia, R Sinha - Biological psychiatry, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Cumulative adversity and stress are associated with risk of psychiatric
disorders. While basic science studies show repeated and chronic stress effects on …

The impact of psychosocial adversity on brain and behaviour: an overview of existing knowledge and directions for future research

N Vaidya, AF Marquand, F Nees, S Siehl… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Environmental experiences play a critical role in shaping the structure and function of the
brain. Its plasticity in response to different external stimuli has been the focus of research …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term neural embedding of childhood adversity in a population-representative birth cohort followed for 5 decades

MZ Gehred, AR Knodt, A Ambler, KJ Bourassa… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Childhood adversity has been previously associated with alterations in brain
structure, but heterogeneous designs, methods, and measures have contributed to mixed …

An exploration of dimensions of early adversity and the development of functional brain network connectivity during adolescence: Implications for trajectories of …

R Chahal, JG Miller, JP Yuan, JL Buthmann… - Development and …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Different dimensions of adversity may affect mental health through distinct neurobiological
mechanisms, though current supporting evidence consists largely of cross-sectional …

Associations of perceived adverse lifetime experiences with brain structure in UK Biobank participants

DA Gheorghe, C Li, J Gallacher… - Journal of Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Adversity experiences (AEs) are major risk factors for psychiatric illness, and
ample evidence suggests that adversity‐related changes in brain structure enhance this …

Adult women first exposed to early adversity after 8 years old show attentional bias to threat

C Raymond, MF Marin, V Wolosianski… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Exposure to early adversity (EA) is associated with long-lasting dysregulations in cognitive
processes sustained by brain regions that are sensitive to stress hormones: the …

[HTML][HTML] No robust evidence for an interaction between early-life adversity and protective factors on global and regional brain volumes

APC Hidalgo, H Tiemeier, SA Metcalf… - Developmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Childhood adversity is associated with brain morphology and poor psychological outcomes,
and evidence of protective factors counteracting childhood adversity effects on neurobiology …

The influence of early-life adversity on the coupling of structural and functional brain connectivity across childhood

SY Chan, ZM Ngoh, ZY Ong, AL Teh, MZL Kee… - Nature Mental …, 2024 - nature.com
Early-life adversity (ELA) exposure is suggested to accelerate development. However, the
influence of ELA on neurodevelopmental trajectories has not been assessed directly but …