Pineal attrition, loss of cognitive plasticity, and onset of puberty during the teen years: Is it a modern maladaptation exposed by evolutionary displacement?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 939-950

  Yun, A Joon ^a   Bazar, Kimberly A ^b   Lee, Patrick Y ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b San Mateo County Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; AUTISM; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; EXPOSURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALADJUSTMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKILL; SLEEP DISORDER; SYNAPSE; TECHNIQUE;

DARWINIA;

EID: 7044272402     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.07.027     Document Type: Article

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