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SUBMITTER: Forbes EE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3085008 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Forbes Erika E EE Phillips Mary L ML Silk Jennifer S JS Ryan Neal D ND Dahl Ronald E RE
Developmental neuropsychology 20110101 4
Adolescence ushers in dramatic social and affective changes and increased vulnerability for affective disorders. Yet, little is known about the effects of pubertal maturation on neural systems of social threat processing. We examined adolescents' brain function to social stimuli in relation to pubertal maturation, depressive symptoms, and real-world subjective negative affect. Compared with pre/early adolescents, mid/late adolescents exhibited less amygdala reactivity to emotionally neutral face ...[more]