Towards a youth mental health paradigm: a perspective and roadmap

PJ Uhlhaas, CG Davey, UM Mehta, J Shah… - Molecular …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Most mental disorders have a typical onset between 12 and 25 years of age, highlighting the
importance of this period for the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of mental ill-health …

Neurodevelopment of the association cortices: Patterns, mechanisms, and implications for psychopathology

VJ Sydnor, B Larsen, DS Bassett, A Alexander-Bloch… - Neuron, 2021‏ - cell.com
The human brain undergoes a prolonged period of cortical development that spans multiple
decades. During childhood and adolescence, cortical development progresses from lower …

Environmental influences on the pace of brain development

UA Tooley, DS Bassett, AP Mackey - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021‏ - nature.com
Childhood socio-economic status (SES), a measure of the availability of material and social
resources, is one of the strongest predictors of lifelong well-being. Here we review evidence …

Why and how does early adversity influence development? Toward an integrated model of dimensions of environmental experience

BJ Ellis, MA Sheridan, J Belsky… - Development and …, 2022‏ - cambridge.org
Two extant frameworks–the harshness-unpredictability model and the threat-deprivation
model–attempt to explain which dimensions of adversity have distinct influences on …

Intrinsic activity development unfolds along a sensorimotor–association cortical axis in youth

VJ Sydnor, B Larsen, J Seidlitz, A Adebimpe… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Animal studies of neurodevelopment have shown that recordings of intrinsic cortical activity
evolve from synchronized and high amplitude to sparse and low amplitude as plasticity …

Stress and adolescence: vulnerability and opportunity during a sensitive window of development

LM Sisk, DG Gee - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Adolescence is a period of dynamic change across multiple systems. Concurrent maturation
of neural, biological, and psychosocial functioning renders adolescence a time of …

Critical Period After Stroke Study (CPASS): A phase II clinical trial testing an optimal time for motor recovery after stroke in humans

AW Dromerick, S Geed, J Barth, K Brady… - Proceedings of the …, 2021‏ - pnas.org
Restoration of human brain function after injury is a signal challenge for translational
neuroscience. Rodent stroke recovery studies identify an optimal or sensitive period for …

Early life adversity shapes neural circuit function during sensitive postnatal developmental periods

L Malave, MT van Dijk, C Anacker - Translational psychiatry, 2022‏ - nature.com
Early life adversity (ELA) is a major risk factor for mental illness, but the neurobiological
mechanisms by which ELA increases the risk for future psychopathology are still poorly …

Early adversity and critical periods: neurodevelopmental consequences of violating the expectable environment

CA Nelson, LJ Gabard-Durnam - Trends in neurosciences, 2020‏ - cell.com
It is now widely recognized that children exposed to adverse life events in the first years of
life are at increased risk for a variety of neural, behavioral, and psychological sequelae. As …

Neuronal ensembles: Building blocks of neural circuits

R Yuste, R Cossart, E Yaksi - Neuron, 2024‏ - cell.com
Neuronal ensembles, defined as groups of neurons displaying recurring patterns of
coordinated activity, represent an intermediate functional level between individual neurons …