Pubertal hormones organize the adolescent brain and behavior

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 163-174

  Sisk, Cheryl L ^a   Zehr, Julia L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Behavioral maturation; Neural development; Neural plasticity; Puberty; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENCE; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENARCHE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PUBERTY; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 28844443413     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2005.10.003     Document Type: Review

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