Alan F. Schatzberg

Publication Details

• Mild early life stress enhances prefrontal-dependent response inhibition in monkeys.

  Parker KJ, Buckmaster CL, Justus KR, Schatzberg AF, Lyons DM. Biol Psychiatry. 2005; 57 (8): 848-55

  Severely stressful early experiences have been implicated in the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders. In contrast, exposure to mild early life stress (i.e., stress inoculation) strengthens emotional and neuroendocrine resistance to subsequent stressors. Herein we extend this research to examine the effects of mild early life stress on cognition.

  PubMedID: 15820705