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The Neurobiology of Trauma With Kids
"I think, you know, if you look at the neurochemistry of it, like, we have these prefrontal cortices," he says. "These pyramidal cells don't evolve that well or don't grow or metabolize very well in chronic trauma with kids" The brain's sub-cortical areas get honed into us and become more sensitized to norepinephrine (dopamine), which is a positive but can overwhelm our brains.