Changes in the adolescent brain and the pathophysiology of psychotic disorders

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 549-558

  Keshavan, Matcheri S ^a,d   Giedd, Jay ^b   Lau, Jennifer Y F ^c   Lewis, David A ^d   Paus, Tomáš ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROHORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONNECTOME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUTUROLOGY; GENE STRUCTURE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84919423910     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)00081-9     Document Type: Review

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