期刊
DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
卷 48, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100916
关键词
Development; Amygdala; Hippocampus; HPA-axis; Early adversity
资金
- National Science Foundation GRFP [DGE-1644869]
- American Psychological Foundation
- Dana Foundation
- National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health [F31MH115686, 5RO1MH091864-08]
The study found that adolescents who experienced early institutional care showed a developmental shift in morning cortisol levels, with lower levels in childhood and higher levels in late adolescence. They also had reduced hippocampal volume and decreased growth rate of the amygdala, leading to smaller volumes in adolescence. Amygdala and hippocampal volumes were prospectively associated with future morning cortisol levels in both groups.
Although decades of research have shown associations between early caregiving adversity, stress physiology and limbic brain volume (e.g., amygdala, hippocampus), the developmental trajectories of these phenotypes are not well characterized. In the current study, we used an accelerated longitudinal design to assess the development of stress physiology, amygdala, and hippocampal volume following early institutional care. Previously Institutionalized (PI; N = 93) and comparison (COMP; N = 161) youth (ages 4?20 years old) completed 1?3 waves of data collection, each spaced approximately 2 years apart, for diurnal cortisol (N = 239) and structural MRI (N = 156). We observed a developmental shift in morning cortisol in the PI group, with blunted levels in childhood and heightened levels in late adolescence. PI history was associated with reduced hippocampal volume and reduced growth rate of the amygdala, resulting in smaller volumes by adolescence. Amygdala and hippocampal volumes were also prospectively associated with future morning cortisol in both groups. These results indicate that adversity-related physiological and neural phenotypes are not stationary during development but instead exhibit dynamic and interdependent changes from early childhood to early adulthood.
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