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SUBMITTER: Zhou X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3956171 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhou Xin X Zhu Dantong D Katsuki Fumi F Qi Xue-Lian XL Lees Cynthia J CJ Bennett Allyson J AJ Salinas Emilio E Stanford Terrence R TR Constantinidis Christos C
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140224 10
The prefrontal cortex continues to mature after puberty and into early adulthood, mirroring the time course of maturation of cognitive abilities. However, the way in which prefrontal activity changes during peri- and postpubertal cortical maturation is largely unknown. To address this question, we evaluated the developmental stage of peripubertal rhesus monkeys with a series of morphometric, hormonal, and radiographic measures, and conducted behavioral and neurophysiological tests as the monkeys ...[more]