Adolescent

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Adolescent is defined as a "person 13 to 18 years of age".[1]

Normal development

Magnetic resonance imaging[2] and functional magnetic resonance imaging[3] has investigated the normal development of the brain.

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous, (2009) Adolescent (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ Giedd JN, Blumenthal J, Jeffries NO, et al (October 1999). Brain development during childhood and adolescence: a longitudinal MRI study. Nat. Neurosci. 2 (10): 861–3. DOI:10.1038/13158. PMID 10491603.
  3. ↑ Yurgelun-Todd DA, Killgore WD (October 2006). Fear-related activity in the prefrontal cortex increases with age during adolescence: a preliminary fMRI study. Neurosci. Lett. 406 (3): 194–9. DOI:10.1016/j.neulet.2006.07.046. PMID 16942837.

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