Unraveling age, puberty and testosterone effects on subcortical brain development across adolescence

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 91, Issue , 2018, Pages 105-114

  Wierenga, Lara M ^a   Bos, Marieke G N ^a   Schreuders, Elisabeth ^a   vd Kamp, Ferdi ^a   Peper, Jiska S ^a   Tamnes, Christian K ^b   Crone, Eveline A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Hormones; Magnetic resonance imaging; Puberty; Subcortical structures; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE; AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; PUTAMEN; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCORTEX; THALAMUS; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEX FACTOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85043463481     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.02.034     Document Type: Article

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