• DOI:10.1016/j.tins.2008.01.004
Corpus ID: 7783104

Stress, sensitive periods and maturational events in adolescent depression

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

Susan L Andersen, Martin H. Teicher

Published in Trends in Neurosciences 2008

Psychology, Medicine

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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