Diffusion tensor imaging of white-matter structural features of maltreating mothers and their associations with intergenerational chain of childhood abuse

Abstract Child abuse causes lifelong adverse outcomes for both physical and mental health, although many are resilient. Efforts to prevent this issue from the parental side require an understanding of the neurobiological basis that leads abusive parents to perpetrate abuse and the influence of the i...

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Main Authors: Sawa Kurata, Shota Nishitani, Natasha Y. S. Kawata, Akiko Yao, Takashi X. Fujisawa, Hidehiko Okazawa, Akemi Tomoda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53666-0