Public health implications of altered puberty timing

MS Golub, GW Collman, PMD Foster, CA Kimmel… - …, 2008 - publications.aap.org
Changes in puberty timing have implications for the treatment of individual children, for the
risk of later adult disease, and for chemical testing and risk assessment for the population …

Short-and long-term consequences of nicotine exposure during adolescence for prefrontal cortex neuronal network function

NA Goriounova, HD Mansvelder - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
More than 70% of adolescents report to have smoked a cigarette at least once. At the
adolescent stage the brain has not completed its maturation. The prefrontal cortex (PFC), the …

Defining the boundaries of early adolescence: A user's guide to assessing pubertal status and pubertal timing in research with adolescents

LD Dorn, RE Dahl, HR Woodward… - Applied Developmental …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
This article addresses pragmatic issues regarding the assessment of puberty in research on
adolescent health and development. Because pubertal processes have a major effect on …

Puberty and psychological development

EJ Susman, A Rogol - Handbook of adolescent psychology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Puberty is one of the most profound biological and social transitions in the life span. It begins
with subtle changes in brain‐neuroendocrine processes, hormone concentrations, and …

The study of developmental psychopathology in adolescence: Integrating affective neuroscience with the study of context

L Steinberg, R Dahl, D Keating… - Developmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter aims at stimulating the development of a research agenda that will lead to
identifying specific developmental processes for specific types of psychopathology in ways …

Mechanisms of action and persistent neuroplasticity by drugs of abuse

ER Korpi, B den Hollander, U Farooq… - Pharmacological …, 2015 - ASPET
Adaptation of the nervous system to different chemical and physiologic conditions is
important for the homeostasis of brain processes and for learning and remembering …

Middle‐school‐age outcomes in children with very low birthweight

HG Taylor, N Klein, NM Minich, M Hack - Child development, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Most previous studies of children with birthweight< 750 g have focused on early childhood
sequelae. To evaluate later outcomes, a regional sample of 60< 750‐g birthweight children …

Puberty

EJ Susman, S Negriff, LD Dorn - The Corsini Encyclopedia of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Puberty is the period of development when sexual, reproductive maturity is reached. The
span of puberty covers the approximate ages of 9–15 in girls and 10–16 in boys. Why is this …

Smoking initiation in youth: the roles of gender, race, socioeconomics, and developmental status

JS Harrell, SI Bangdiwala, S Deng, JP Webb… - Journal of Adolescent …, 1998 - Elsevier
Purpose: To describe smoking initiation, and to investigate factors that predict the early
initiation of smoking in schoolchildren using a longitudinal approach. Methods: A …

Pubertal changes in emotional information processing: Pupillary, behavioral, and subjective evidence during emotional word identification

JS Silk, GJ Siegle, DJ Whalen… - Development and …, 2009 - cambridge.org
This study investigated pupillary and behavioral responses to an emotional word valence
identification paradigm among 32 pre-/early pubertal and 34 mid-/late pubertal typically …