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Early Life Stress

Seth Pollak, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on March 28, 2022

Learning the value of environmental signals and using that information to guide behavior is critical for survival. Stress in childhood may influence these processes, but how it does so is still unclear.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Avoidance Behaviors, Early Life Stress, Seth Pollak

Childhood stress leaves lasting mark on genes

Posted on July 17, 2018

How does stress put some children at risk of psychiatric disorders when they grow up? To find out, researchers compared their genomes to those of kids whose childhoods were relatively tranquil.

Posted in 2018, News, Research, YearTagged DNA, Early Life Stress, Mental Health, Seth Pollak

Seth Pollak, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on April 29, 2018

Individuals who have experienced chronic and high levels of stress during their childhoods are at increased risk for a wide range of behavioral problems, yet the neurobiological mechanisms underlying this association are poorly understood.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Early Life Stress, Seth Pollak, Slide of the Week

Richard Davidson, PhD

Posted on July 27, 2015

Title: Amygdala and hippocampal volume is reduced in children exposed to different forms of adversity Legend: Volumetric comparisons for the left amygdala (A) and left (B) and right (C) hippocampus. For each graph, standardized residuals controlling …

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Brain Imaging, Early Life Stress, Richie Davidson, Slide of the Week

Childhood stress can reconfigure biology, UW-Madison research says

Posted on July 24, 2014

Abused children tend to develop lifelong emotional and physical problems, and now UW-Madison scientists may have found a biological reason: Maltreatment appears to turn off a gene that regulates stress.

Posted in 2014, Mental Health, NewsTagged Early Life Stress, Seth Pollak

Early life stress can leave lasting impacts on the brain

Posted on June 27, 2014

For children, stress can go a long way. A little bit provides a platform for learning, adapting and coping. But a lot of it — chronic, toxic stress like poverty, neglect and physical abuse — can have lasting negative impacts.

Posted in 2014, Mental Health, News, YearTagged Early Life Stress, Jamie Hanson, Seth Pollak

Hormones may usher abused girls into early adulthood

Posted on July 19, 2013

During the sort of tense situation that makes palms sweat and voices quaver, children and young adults are typically awash in cortisol, a stress hormone that sounds an alarm and prepares the body for fight-or-flight responses to danger.

Posted in 2013, News, Research, YearTagged Early Life Stress, Infant and Child Development, Seth Pollak

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