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Volume 15 | ESPEYB15 | Next issue

Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2018

7 Puberty

Adolescence and behavior

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7.3 Age at Menarche, Depression, and Antisocial Behavior in Adulthood

J Mendle , RM Ryan , KMP McKone

To read the full abstract: Pediatrics. 2018 Jan;141(1)Changes in biology, appearance, self-perception, behavior, and emotion make puberty one of the most pivotal phases in life. Although puberty presents challenges for all adolescents, girls who mature early are particularly vulnerable. Early pubertal timing in girls has been reported to be associated with increased prevalence and severity of ps...

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7.4 Media use and brain development during adolescence

EA Crone , EA Konijn

To read the full abstract: Nat Commun. 2018 Feb 21;9(1):588Media-related activities take up roughly 6–9 hours of the average American youth’s day. Likely, this plays an important role in adolescent development. Recently, cognitive neuroscience studies have used structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine brain changes over the course of adolescence. Cog...