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SUBMITTER: Goddings AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3991320 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goddings Anne-Lise AL Mills Kathryn L KL Clasen Liv S LS Giedd Jay N JN Viner Russell M RM Blakemore Sarah-Jayne SJ
NeuroImage 20131011
Puberty is characterized by hormonal, physical and psychological transformation. The human brain undergoes significant changes between childhood and adulthood, but little is known about how puberty influences its structural development. Using a longitudinal sample of 711 magnetic resonance imaging scans from 275 individuals aged 7-20years, we examined how subcortical brain regions change in relation to puberty. Our regions of interest included the amygdala, hippocampus and corpus striatum includ ...[more]