Stress, sensitive periods and maturational events in adolescent depression

@article{Andersen2008StressSP,
  title={Stress, sensitive periods and maturational events in adolescent depression},
  author={Susan Andersen and Martin H. Teicher},
  journal={Trends in Neurosciences},
  year={2008},
  volume={31},
  pages={183-191}
}

• Susan Andersen, Martin H. Teicher
• Published 2008 in Trends in Neurosciences
• DOI:10.1016/j.tins.2008.01.004

In this paper, we provide an overview of how the maturation of specific brain regions and stress exposure during windows of vulnerability initiate a series of events that render adolescents exceptionally susceptible to the development of depression. This stress-incubation/corticolimbic development cascade provides a means of understanding why depression emerges with such force and frequency in adolescence. The development of the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, amygdala and ventral striatum is… CONTINUE READING

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