[The era of the axolotls: speculations regarding the neurobiological modifications during the adolescence]

Vertex. 2006 Nov-Dec;17(70):424-31.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The article summarizes a number of recent findings about the brain changes which take place during the adolescence and the youth, their relations with their behavior and some questions are formulated with regard to the deepening of these hypothesis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Affect / physiology
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Cognition / physiology
  • Humans
  • Melatonin / metabolism
  • Metaphor*
  • Neurobiology
  • Neuronal Plasticity / physiology
  • Prefrontal Cortex / physiology
  • Psychology, Adolescent
  • Receptors, Dopamine D2 / physiology
  • Social Behavior

Substances

  • Receptors, Dopamine D2
  • Melatonin