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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... substantial new connectivity, with an almost 50% loss of the synaptic connections between neurons estimated in some cortical regions during adolescence in the brain of nonhuman primates (Bourgeois et al., 1994; Rakic et al., 1994).
... substantial new connectivity, with an almost 50% loss of the synaptic connections between neurons estimated in some cortical regions during adolescence in the brain of nonhuman primates (Bourgeois et al., 1994; Rakic et al., 1994).
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Even within cortex, pruning more commonly involves circuitry intrinsic to a particular cortical region than associational circuitry that connects different cortical regions (Woo et al., 1997). Circuitry intrinsic to particular regions ...
Even within cortex, pruning more commonly involves circuitry intrinsic to a particular cortical region than associational circuitry that connects different cortical regions (Woo et al., 1997). Circuitry intrinsic to particular regions ...
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Prominent among the changes observed are highly consistent developmental increases in cortical white matter through adolescence into adulthood in humans (Paus et al., 1999; Pfefferbaum et al., 1994; Sowell et al., 2003) and other ...
Prominent among the changes observed are highly consistent developmental increases in cortical white matter through adolescence into adulthood in humans (Paus et al., 1999; Pfefferbaum et al., 1994; Sowell et al., 2003) and other ...
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Other alterations may involve possible ontogenetic shifts in the balance of activity among various cortical vs. subcortical forebrain regions. To the extent that the data are available, there are considerable similarities across species ...
Other alterations may involve possible ontogenetic shifts in the balance of activity among various cortical vs. subcortical forebrain regions. To the extent that the data are available, there are considerable similarities across species ...
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Amygdalo-cortical sprouting continues into early adulthood: Implications for the development of normal and abnormal function during adolescence. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 453, 116–130. Dahl, R. E. (2001).
Amygdalo-cortical sprouting continues into early adulthood: Implications for the development of normal and abnormal function during adolescence. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 453, 116–130. Dahl, R. E. (2001).
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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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