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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Page 13
... studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have revealed ontogenetic changes during the transition from childhood to adolescence in patterns of BOLD signals during performance of cognitive tasks thought to index various ...
... studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have revealed ontogenetic changes during the transition from childhood to adolescence in patterns of BOLD signals during performance of cognitive tasks thought to index various ...
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... studies using structural and functional MRI have revealed evidence for continued development and organization of this brain region during adolescence, along with developmental improvements in cognitive capabilities (Casey et al., 2000 ...
... studies using structural and functional MRI have revealed evidence for continued development and organization of this brain region during adolescence, along with developmental improvements in cognitive capabilities (Casey et al., 2000 ...
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... Studies in rats also have revealed developmental increases through adolescence in a number of measures of DA input to PFC, including DA fiber density (Benes et al., 2000) and DA concentrations (Leslie et al., 1991). Recent rodent studies ...
... Studies in rats also have revealed developmental increases through adolescence in a number of measures of DA input to PFC, including DA fiber density (Benes et al., 2000) and DA concentrations (Leslie et al., 1991). Recent rodent studies ...
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... Studies in laboratory animals have revealed complementary alterations in the rates of DA synthesis and turnover in mesolimbic/striatal (e.g., n.Acc and striatal) and mesocortical (e.g., PFC) brain regions during adolescence (Andersen et ...
... Studies in laboratory animals have revealed complementary alterations in the rates of DA synthesis and turnover in mesolimbic/striatal (e.g., n.Acc and striatal) and mesocortical (e.g., PFC) brain regions during adolescence (Andersen et ...
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... studies to markedly influence the timing of puberty, with reports of both precocious and delayed puberty following lesions involving this brain region (see Moltz, 1975, for review of this relatively old literature). These contrary ...
... studies to markedly influence the timing of puberty, with reports of both precocious and delayed puberty following lesions involving this brain region (see Moltz, 1975, for review of this relatively old literature). These contrary ...
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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