Physical neglect during childhood alters white matter connectivity in healthy young males.
Indira TendolkarJohan MårtenssonSimone KühnFloris KlumpersGuillén FernándezPublished in: Human brain mapping (2017)
PN may have severe consequences and should be considered equally important to more active forms of abuse. FA changes, particularly in the cingulum, actually appear to a functional consequence and are linked to trait anxiety, a personality dimension that is suggested to be a transdiagnostic risk factor of affective disorders. Potentially this reveals a mechanistic chain that forms one pathyway from CA to disease.