Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention ScienceRecent advances in our understanding of the human brain suggest that adolescence is a unique period of development during which both environmental and genetic influences can leave a lasting impression. To advance the goal of integrating brain and prevention science, two areas of research which do not usually communicate with one another, the Annenberg Public Policy Center's Adolescent Risk Communication Institute held a conference with the purpose of producing an integrated volume on this interdisciplinary area. Presenters/chapter contributors were asked to address two questions: What neurodevelopmental processes in children and adolescents could be altered so that mental disorders might be prevented? And what interventions or life experiences might be able to introduce such changes? The book has a 5-part structure: biological and social universals in development; characteristics of brain and behavior in development; effects of early maltreatment and stress on brain development; effects of stress and other environmental influences during adolescence on brain development; and reversible orders of brain development. The twenty chapters include contributions from some of the most well-known researchers in the area. |
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This hormonal activation is precipitated in part by developmental changes in hypothalamus and other brain regions, although many of the details of the neural alterations involved are still unknown (e.g., Grumbach, 2002, for review).
This hormonal activation is precipitated in part by developmental changes in hypothalamus and other brain regions, although many of the details of the neural alterations involved are still unknown (e.g., Grumbach, 2002, for review).
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Levels of oxygen utilization have been used to index neural activation, given that activity of neurons and their associated support cells (glia) requires oxygen. Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) imaging can be used to noninvasively ...
Levels of oxygen utilization have been used to index neural activation, given that activity of neurons and their associated support cells (glia) requires oxygen. Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) imaging can be used to noninvasively ...
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ontogenetic increases in focal activation of certain regions of PFC have been observed in adolescence during performance of working memory and response inhibition tasks (see Paus, 2005, for review), with adolescents sometimes showing ...
ontogenetic increases in focal activation of certain regions of PFC have been observed in adolescence during performance of working memory and response inhibition tasks (see Paus, 2005, for review), with adolescents sometimes showing ...
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Moreover, neurons are exquisitely sensitive to the timing of input (with, for example, glutaminergic activation of NMDA receptors requiring co-occurring depolarization-dependent changes induced by other ligand/receptor interactions; ...
Moreover, neurons are exquisitely sensitive to the timing of input (with, for example, glutaminergic activation of NMDA receptors requiring co-occurring depolarization-dependent changes induced by other ligand/receptor interactions; ...
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... or striatal terminal regions to activation by stressors (Dunn, 1988). Such developmental alterations in DA balance across these brain regions may be of functional significance for the adolescent, given that DA projections to n.
... or striatal terminal regions to activation by stressors (Dunn, 1988). Such developmental alterations in DA balance across these brain regions may be of functional significance for the adolescent, given that DA projections to n.
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 7 | |
Characteristics of Brain and Behavior in Development | 53 |
Effects of Early Maltreatment and Stress on Brain Development | 125 |
Effects of Stress and Other Environmental Influences During Adolescence | 217 |
Reversible Disorders of Brain Development | 313 |
Educational Interventions for Enhanced Neurocognitive Development | 399 |
Conclusions | 463 |
Glossary | 475 |
Brain Locations | 490 |
Author Biographies | 492 |
Index | 501 |
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| Title | Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention Science |
| Editors | Daniel Romer, Elaine F. Walker |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0190294345, 9780190294342 |
| Length | 544 pages |
| Subjects | › › Medical / Neurology Psychology / Developmental / General |
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