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Michael D. De Bellis
Researcher at Duke University
Publications - 91
Citations - 11475
Michael D. De Bellis is an academic researcher from Duke University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Child abuse. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 85 publications receiving 10454 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael D. De Bellis include National Institutes of Health & University of Pittsburgh.
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Developmental traumatology part II: brain development ∗
Michael D. De Bellis,Matcheri S. Keshavan,Duncan B. Clark,B. J. Casey,Jay N. Giedd,Amy M Boring,Karin Frustaci,Neal D. Ryan +7 more
TL;DR: The overwhelming stress of maltreatment experiences in childhood is associated with adverse brain development, and brain volume robustly and positively correlated with age of onset of PTSD trauma and negatively correlated with duration of abuse.
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Developmental traumatology part I: biological stress systems
Michael D. De Bellis,Andrew Baum,Boris Birmaher,Matcheri S. Keshavan,Clayton H. Eccard,Amy M Boring,Frank J. Jenkins,Neal D. Ryan +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between trauma, psychiatric symptoms and urinary free cortisol (UFC) and catecholamine (epinephrine [EPI], norepinephrine [NE], dopamine [DA]) excretion in prepubertal children with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) secondary to past child maltreatment experiences was examined.
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Sex Differences in Brain Maturation during Childhood and Adolescence
Michael D. De Bellis,Matcheri S. Keshavan,Sue R. Beers,Julie Hall,Karin Frustaci,Azadeh Masalehdan,Jessica Noll,Amy M Boring +7 more
TL;DR: The study of age-related sex differences in cerebral pruning and myelination may aid in understanding the mechanism of several developmental neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Brain structures in pediatric maltreatment-related posttraumatic stress disorder: a sociodemographically matched study
Michael D. De Bellis,Matcheri S. Keshavan,Heather Shifflett,Satish Iyengar,Sue R. Beers,Julie Hall,Grace Moritz +6 more
TL;DR: Brain volumes positively correlated with age of onset of PTSD trauma and negatively correlated with duration of abuse, and gender x group effect demonstrated greater lateral ventricular volume increases in maltreated male subjects with PTSD than maltreated female subjects with flashbacks.
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The Biological Effects of Childhood Trauma
TL;DR: This article focuses on peer-reviewed literature on the neurobiological sequelae of childhood trauma in children and in adults with histories of Childhood trauma.