The last stage of development: The restructuring and plasticity of the cortex during adolescence especially at puberty
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| contents | The last stage of development: The restructuring and plasticity of the cortex during adolescence especially at puberty Janice M. Juraska Developmental Psychobiology AbstractThere is considerable evidence of reorganization in the prefrontal cortex during adolescence in humans, as well as in rodents, where the cellular basis can be explored. Studies from my laboratory in the rat medial prefrontal cortex are reviewed here. In general, growth predominates before puberty. Pruning mainly occurs at puberty and after with decreases in the number of synapses, dendrites, and neurons. Perineuronal nets, extracellular structures that control plasticity, are pruned peripubertally only in female rats, which may further open the adolescent prefrontal cortex to environmental influences. This is supported by our recent evidence that exposure to mild stress early, but not late, in adolescence decreases prepulse inhibition. Additionally, exposure to methamphetamine in females early in adolescence increases the number of a major class of inhibitory interneurons, parvalbumin neurons, while the opposite occurs late in adolescence. In females, even estrogen receptor beta mRNA decreases at puberty in the prefrontal cortex. Interestingly, rats of both sexes perform better after puberty on a test of cognitive flexibility in the water maze. Thus, evidence is accruing that adolescence is not a single entity but rather an ongoing set of processes, and environmental effects will differ depending on timing and sex. 10.1002/dev.22468 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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| spellingShingle | The last stage of development: The restructuring and plasticity of the cortex during adolescence especially at puberty Janice M. Juraska Developmental Psychobiology The last stage of development: The restructuring and plasticity of the cortex during adolescence especially at puberty Janice M. Juraska Developmental Psychobiology AbstractThere is considerable evidence of reorganization in the prefrontal cortex during adolescence in humans, as well as in rodents, where the cellular basis can be explored. Studies from my laboratory in the rat medial prefrontal cortex are reviewed here. In general, growth predominates before puberty. Pruning mainly occurs at puberty and after with decreases in the number of synapses, dendrites, and neurons. Perineuronal nets, extracellular structures that control plasticity, are pruned peripubertally only in female rats, which may further open the adolescent prefrontal cortex to environmental influences. This is supported by our recent evidence that exposure to mild stress early, but not late, in adolescence decreases prepulse inhibition. Additionally, exposure to methamphetamine in females early in adolescence increases the number of a major class of inhibitory interneurons, parvalbumin neurons, while the opposite occurs late in adolescence. In females, even estrogen receptor beta mRNA decreases at puberty in the prefrontal cortex. Interestingly, rats of both sexes perform better after puberty on a test of cognitive flexibility in the water maze. Thus, evidence is accruing that adolescence is not a single entity but rather an ongoing set of processes, and environmental effects will differ depending on timing and sex. 10.1002/dev.22468 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| title | The last stage of development: The restructuring and plasticity of the cortex during adolescence especially at puberty |
| topic | Developmental Psychobiology |
| url | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dev.22468 |