Mesocorticolimbic dopamine circuity undergoes a protracted maturation during adolescent
life. Stable adult levels of behavioral functioning in reward, motivational, and cognitive …

Abstract CHENG, TW, KL Mills and JH Pfeifer. Revisiting adolescence as a sensitive period
for sociocultural processing. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV XX (X) XXX-XXX, 2024. Waves of …

Adolescence is a time of significant neurocognitive development. Prolonged maturation of
prefrontal cortex (PFC) through adolescence has been found to support improvements in …

Impaired cortical maturation is a postulated mechanism in the etiology of
neurodevelopmental disorders, including schizophrenia. In the sensory cortex, activity …

The prefrontal cortex plays a central role in the control of complex cognitive processes
including action control and decision making. It also shows a specific pattern of delayed …

The female lifespan is marked by periods of dramatic hormonal fluctuation. Changes in the
ovarian hormones estradiol and progesterone, in addition to the progesterone metabolite …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has proven to be highly enigmatic due to the diversity of its
underlying genetic causes and the huge variability in symptom presentation. Uncovering …

Stress is a major risk factor for neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders, with the
capacity to impact susceptibility to disease as well as long-term neurobiological and …

Background Iron is essential to brain function, and iron deficiency during youth may
adversely impact neurodevelopment. Understanding the developmental time course of iron …

Childhood exposure to interparental intimate partner violence (i-IPV) is a pervasive form of
child maltreatment, posing major public health concerns and elevating risks for enduring …