Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention ScienceDaniel Romer, Elaine F. Walker Recent 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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... rats. However, signs of impending or residual adolescence may well be seen outside these inexact boundaries, with females of a variety of species often entering adolescence sooner and males tending 10 BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL UNIVERSALS.
... rats. However, signs of impending or residual adolescence may well be seen outside these inexact boundaries, with females of a variety of species often entering adolescence sooner and males tending 10 BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL UNIVERSALS.
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... rats: Tyler & van Harreveld, 1942), there is an overall decline in brain energy utilization, with the high rates of glucose metabolism, blood flow, or oxygen utilization seen during childhood gradually declining to reach the more ...
... rats: Tyler & van Harreveld, 1942), there is an overall decline in brain energy utilization, with the high rates of glucose metabolism, blood flow, or oxygen utilization seen during childhood gradually declining to reach the more ...
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... rats (van Eden et al., 1990). Likewise, synaptic pruning of presumed glutaminergic excitatory input is observed during adolescence in humans (Huttenlocker, 1984) and nonhuman primates (Zecevic et al., 1989), with decreases in number of ...
... rats (van Eden et al., 1990). Likewise, synaptic pruning of presumed glutaminergic excitatory input is observed during adolescence in humans (Huttenlocker, 1984) and nonhuman primates (Zecevic et al., 1989), with decreases in number of ...
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... rats generally limited to males (Andersen et al., 1997), although the presence or absence of gonadal steroids had no effect on the pruning process (Andersen et al., 2002; nor was this decline affected by blockade of NMDA receptors ...
... rats generally limited to males (Andersen et al., 1997), although the presence or absence of gonadal steroids had no effect on the pruning process (Andersen et al., 2002; nor was this decline affected by blockade of NMDA receptors ...
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... rat likewise often drink notably more alcohol than their mature counterparts (e.g., Brunell & Spear, 2005; Doremus et al., 2005), presumably in part due to their insensitivity to aversive ethanol effects that serve as cues to limit ...
... rat likewise often drink notably more alcohol than their mature counterparts (e.g., Brunell & Spear, 2005; Doremus et al., 2005), presumably in part due to their insensitivity to aversive ethanol effects that serve as cues to limit ...
Contents
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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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