Pubertal onset as a critical transition for neural development and cognition

Brain Research

Volumn 1654, Issue , 2017, Pages 87-94

  Juraska, Janice M ^a   Willing, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Inhibitory control; Neuron number; Prefrontal cortex; Puberty

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84964397415     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.04.012     Document Type: Review

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