Thinning of the lateral prefrontal cortex during adolescence predicts emotion regulation in females

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1845-1854

  Vijayakumar, Nandita ^a   Whittle, Sarah ^b,c   Yücel, Murat ^b,c,d   Dennison, Meg ^a   Simmons, Julian ^a,b   Allen, Nicholas B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cognitive reappraisal; Cortical development; Emotion regulation; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914143931     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst183     Document Type: Article

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