Understanding the Role of Puberty in Structural and Functional Development of the Adolescent Brain

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 32-53

  Goddings, Anne Lise ^a   Beltz, Adriene ^b   Peper, Jiska S ^c   Crone, Eveline A ^c   Braams, Barbara R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBERTY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 85062830976     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12408     Document Type: Review

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