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Adolescence is a Sensitive Period for Prefrontal Microglia to Act on Cognitive Development
Keywords Prefrontal cortex; adolescence; microglia; cognitive function; sensitive period(2022)
Alcohol and the Adolescent Brain: What We’ve Learned and Where the Data are Taking Us
Keywords alcohol; adolescence; binge drinking; neuroimaging; magnetic resonance imaging; neuropsychological tests; MRI; young adults; drinking behavior(2022)
Brain network dysfunctions in addiction: A meta-analysis of resting-state functional connectivity
Keywords Substance use disorder; resting-state fMRI; brain networks; functional connectivity; meta-analysis; hyperconnectivity; hypoconnectivity(2022)
Contextualizing Adolescent Structural Brain Development: Environmental Determinants and Mental Health Outcomes
Keywords Brain structural development; Adolescence; Individual differences; Environmental factors; Mental health(2022)
Drugs, Guts, Brains, but Not Rock and Roll: The Need to Consider the Role of Gut Microbiota in Contemporary Mental Health and Wellness of Emerging Adults
Keywords microbiota; emerging adult; adolescent; mental health/ethnology; gut–brain–microbiota axis; environmental exposure(2022)
Making the Sentencing Case: Psychological and Neuroscientific Evidence for Expanding the Age of Youthful Offenders
Keywords Brain development; Recidivism; Teenagers; Law; Sentencing; Adolescence; Brain; Development; Juvenile(2022)
Positive and Negative Risk-Taking in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: A Citizen Science Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Keywords sensation seeking; risk-taking; COVID-19; prosocial behavior; contributing to society; life satisfaction; citizen science; participatory research(2022)
Roper and Race: the Nature and Effects of Death Penalty Exclusions for Juveniles and the “Late Adolescent Class”
Keywords Late adolescent class; Death penalty eligibility; Racial/ethnic consequences(2022)
Socioeconomic Status, BMI, and Brain Development in Children
Keywords Socioeconomic status; childhood; executive function; obesity; neurocognition; prefrontal cortex(2022)
Matter of C. L. E.
(2021)
State v. Elzey
Keywords battered spouse syndrome; PTSD evidence; jury instructions; history of abuse; domestic violence; trauma(2021)
Brief of Refugee Advocacy Organizations as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents
Keywords asylum; immigration judge; credibility; trauma; persecution; testimony; non-credible(2021)
Brief of the Education Civil Rights Alliance, National Center for Youth Law, Juvenile Law Center, National Disability Rights Network, Education Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellants
Keywords compensatory education; Havasupai Tribe; Indian Education Act; Administrative Procedure Act; educational services(2021)
Brief of Advocates for Child Victims of Domestic Violence as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords death row; mitigating evidence; adverse childhood experiences; developmental psychology; habeas hearing; death penalty(2021)
A Historic Opportunity to Update Asylum Law's Outdated Assumptions About Trauma and Memory
Keywords trauma; memory; credibility; immigration; mental health; asylum law(2021)