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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... expression of reverberating circuits, and pruning within these intrinsic circuits has been suggested to reflect a fine-tuning of neural connectivity in these cortical regions (see Woo et al., 1997). Thus, the evidence to date supports ...
... expression of reverberating circuits, and pruning within these intrinsic circuits has been suggested to reflect a fine-tuning of neural connectivity in these cortical regions (see Woo et al., 1997). Thus, the evidence to date supports ...
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... expression of social behavior (Kolb et al., 2004), and reward circuitry related to addiction (Volkow & Fowler, 2000). Excitatory input from the amygdala (basolateral nucleus) to the PFC continues to be elaborated through adolescence ...
... expression of social behavior (Kolb et al., 2004), and reward circuitry related to addiction (Volkow & Fowler, 2000). Excitatory input from the amygdala (basolateral nucleus) to the PFC continues to be elaborated through adolescence ...
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... expression of typical behaviors of adolescents as well as their cognitive/ emotional maturation. When contemplating the relationship between cognitive/behavioral function of adolescence and the sculpting of adolescent brain, it may be ...
... expression of typical behaviors of adolescents as well as their cognitive/ emotional maturation. When contemplating the relationship between cognitive/behavioral function of adolescence and the sculpting of adolescent brain, it may be ...
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... expression and environmental conditions early in life. One potential contributor to the later unmaking of early neural compensations is stress. Increased sensitivity to stressors and environmental demands has been observed in studies in ...
... expression and environmental conditions early in life. One potential contributor to the later unmaking of early neural compensations is stress. Increased sensitivity to stressors and environmental demands has been observed in studies in ...
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... expression of dopamine D2 receptors in postpubertal rats after neonatal excitotoxic lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex. Journal of Neurosicence, 16, 7366–7375. Galef, B. G., Jr. (1977). Mechanisms for the social transmission of ...
... expression of dopamine D2 receptors in postpubertal rats after neonatal excitotoxic lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex. Journal of Neurosicence, 16, 7366–7375. Galef, B. G., Jr. (1977). Mechanisms for the social transmission of ...
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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