Stress and the developing adolescent brain

Neuroscience

Volumn 249, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-171

  Eiland, L ^a   Romeo, R D ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; HPA axis; Puberty; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; STRESS; WELLBEING;

ACTH; ADOLESCENCE; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN HORMONE; CA1; CHRONIC MILD STRESS; CHRONIC RESTRAINT STRESS; CHRONIC VARIABLE STRESS; CMS; CORNU AMMONIS 1; CRS; CVS; DENTATE GYRUS; DG; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GR; HPA; HPA AXIS; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL; LOW RESPONDER; LR; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEDIAL PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MPFC; MPN; MR; N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; NMDA; OFC; ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; PUBERTY; SEM; SP-MF; STANDARD ERROR OF THE MEAN; STRESS; SUPRA-PYRAMIDAL MOSSY FIBER TERMINAL FIELDS; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST FOR CHILDREN; TSST-C;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84881547503     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.10.048     Document Type: Review

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