Judy L. Cameron

This study shows that maternal separation disrupts synaptic pruning and microglia-synapse interactions in the primate paralaminar nucleus, leading to reduced mature neurons by adolescence.

The paper examines microglia morphology in the primate amygdala during development and after early life stress, finding lasting changes in microglial structure that may affect neuronal development.

The paper examines immature neuron development in primate amygdala, finding maturation and reduced neuron counts with age, and no effect of maternal separation on immature neuron counts but a correlation with mature neuron counts.