The role of puberty in the developing adolescent brain

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 926-933

  Blakemore, Sarah Jayne ^a   Burnett, Stephanie ^a,b   Dahl, Ronald E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Development; Hormones; Prefrontal cortex; Puberty

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HORMONE ACTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; HORMONES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 77952894530     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21052     Document Type: Review

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