[HTML][HTML] Neuroendocrine mechanisms in the links between early life stress, affect, and youth substance use: a conceptual model for the study of sex and gender …

A Donovan, S Assari, C Grella, M Shaheen… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Early life stress (ELS) is defined as an acute or chronic stressor that negatively impacts a
child's development. ELS is associated with substance use and mental health problems …

Pubertal hormones and mental health problems in children and adolescents: a systematic review of population-based studies

D Luo, SG Dashti, SM Sawyer, N Vijayakumar - Eclinicalmedicine, 2024 - thelancet.com
Given the increased prevalence of mental health problems during adolescence, there is
considerable interest in understanding potential biological mechanisms including the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of brain structure in the association between pubertal timing and depression risk in an early adolescent sample (the ABCD Study®): A registered …

N MacSweeney, J Allardyce, A Edmondson-Stait… - Developmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Earlier pubertal timing is associated with higher rates of depressive disorders in
adolescence. Neuroimaging studies report brain structural associations with both pubertal …

[HTML][HTML] Puberty differentially predicts brain maturation in male and female youth: A longitudinal ABCD Study

D Beck, L Ferschmann, N MacSweeney… - Developmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Research has demonstrated associations between pubertal development and brain
maturation. However, existing studies have been limited by small samples, cross-sectional …

[HTML][HTML] Mediating effect of pubertal stages on the family environment and neurodevelopment: An open-data replication and multiverse analysis of an ABCD Study®

MI Demidenko, DP Kelly, FA Hardi, KI Ip, S Lee… - Neuroimage …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence demonstrates that environmental factors meaningfully impact the
development of the brain (Hyde et al., 2020; McEwen and Akil, 2020). Recent work from the …

Puberty differentially predicts brain maturation in males and females during early adolescence: A longitudinal ABCD Study

D Beck, L Ferschmann, N MacSweeney, LB Norbom… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Background Research has demonstrated associations between pubertal development and
brain maturation. However, existing studies have been limited by small samples, cross …

Menarche, pubertal timing and the brain: female-specific patterns of brain maturation beyond age-related development

N Gottschewsky, D Kraft, T Kaufmann - Biology of sex Differences, 2024 - Springer
Background Puberty depicts a period of profound and multifactorial changes ranging from
social to biological factors. While brain development in youths has been studied mostly from …

The moderating role of reward/punishment sensitivity in the relationship between intelligence and prosocial behavior in children

M Yu, H Xu, Y Long, Y Zhang, L Jia, D Qu, R Chen - Current Psychology, 2024 - Springer
Can the relationship between intelligence and prosocial behavior in children be moderated
by the personality trait of reward/punishment sensitivity? To answer the question, we utilized …

[HTML][HTML] Sex and age variations in the impact of puberty on cortical thickness and associations with internalizing symptoms and suicidal ideation in early adolescence

A Wiglesworth, MB Fiecas, M Xu, AT Neher… - Developmental cognitive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose The childhood-to-adolescence transition is a notable period of change including
pubertal development, neurodevelopment, and psychopathology onset, that occurs in …

[HTML][HTML] Disrupted maturation of white matter microstructure after concussion is associated with internalizing behavior scores in female children

E Nishat, SE Scratch, SH Ameis, AL Wheeler - Biological psychiatry, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Some children who experience concussions, particularly females, develop long-
lasting emotional and behavioral problems. Establishing the potential contribution of …