Development: Pubertal Hormones Meet the Adolescent Brain

作者:Sisk Cheryl L*
来源:Current Biology, 2017, 27(14): R706-R708.
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.092

摘要

At the onset of puberty, ovarian hormones increase inhibitory tone in the prefrontal cortex. Inhibitory maturation is a hallmark of the initiation of developmental windows of neural plasticity; pubertal hormones may trigger the opening of an adolescent critical period for experience-dependent rewiring of circuits underlying executive function.

  • 出版日期2017-7-24