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Puberty and structural brain development in humans by Herting, Megan M, Sowell, Elizabeth R

“…Highlights • Physical and hormonal markers of puberty have been linked with brain structure. • Challenges are discussed, including capturing variability in…”
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Development of the Cerebral Cortex across Adolescence: A Multisample Study of Inter-Related Longitudinal Changes in Cortical Volume, Surface Area, and Thickness by Tamnes, Christian K, Herting, Megan M, Goddings, Anne-Lise, Meuwese, Rosa, Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne, Dahl, Ronald E, Güroğlu, Berna, Raznahan, Armin, Sowell, Elizabeth R, Crone, Eveline A, Mills, Kathryn L

“…Before we can assess and interpret how developmental changes in human brain structure relate to cognition, affect, and motivation, and how these processes are…”
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Structural brain development between childhood and adulthood: Convergence across four longitudinal samples by Mills, Kathryn L., Goddings, Anne-Lise, Herting, Megan M., Meuwese, Rosa, Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne, Crone, Eveline A., Dahl, Ronald E., Güroğlu, Berna, Raznahan, Armin, Sowell, Elizabeth R., Tamnes, Christian K.

“…Longitudinal studies including brain measures acquired through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have enabled population models of human brain development,…”
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Low-Cost Air Quality Monitoring Tools: From Research to Practice (A Workshop Summary) by Clements, Andrea L, Griswold, William G, Rs, Abhijit, Johnston, Jill E, Herting, Megan M, Thorson, Jacob, Collier-Oxandale, Ashley, Hannigan, Michael

“…In May 2017, a two-day workshop was held in Los Angeles (California, U.S.A.) to gather practitioners who work with low-cost sensors used to make air quality…”
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Inter-individual variability in structural brain development from late childhood to young adulthood by Mills, Kathryn L., Siegmund, Kimberly D., Tamnes, Christian K., Ferschmann, Lia, Wierenga, Lara M., Bos, Marieke G.N., Luna, Beatriz, Li, Chun, Herting, Megan M.

“…A fundamental task in neuroscience is to characterize the brain's developmental course. While replicable group-level models of structural brain development…”
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Fine particulate matter exposure during childhood relates to hemispheric-specific differences in brain structure by Cserbik, Dora, Chen, Jiu-Chiuan, McConnell, Rob, Berhane, Kiros, Sowell, Elizabeth R., Schwartz, Joel, Hackman, Daniel A., Kan, Eric, Fan, Chun C., Herting, Megan M.

“…•Largest study to date on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and brain in children.•Individual residential PM2.5 exposure assigned for 10,343 U.S. children at 21…”
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The impact of sex, puberty, and hormones on white matter microstructure in adolescents by Herting, Megan M, Maxwell, Emily C, Irvine, Christy, Nagel, Bonnie J

“…During adolescence, numerous factors influence the organization of the brain. It is unclear what influence sex and puberty have on white matter microstructure,…”
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Aerobic fitness relates to learning on a virtual Morris Water Task and hippocampal volume in adolescents by Herting, Megan M., Nagel, Bonnie J.

“…► Exercise was related to translational virtual Morris Water Task (vWMT) behavior. ► Aerobic fitness relates to learning on the vWMT in adolescents. ► Fitness…”
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The role of testosterone and estradiol in brain volume changes across adolescence: A longitudinal structural MRI study by Herting, Megan M., Gautam, Prapti, Spielberg, Jeffrey M., Kan, Eric, Dahl, Ronald E., Sowell, Elizabeth R.

“…It has been postulated that pubertal hormones may drive some neuroanatomical changes during adolescence, and may do so differently in girls and boys. Here, we…”
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Test-retest reliability of longitudinal task-based fMRI: Implications for developmental studies by Herting, Megan M., Gautam, Prapti, Chen, Zhanghua, Mezher, Adam, Vetter, Nora C.

“…Great advances have been made in functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) studies, including the use of longitudinal design to more accurately identify…”
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Exercise, cognition, and the adolescent brain by Herting, Megan M., Chu, Xiaofang

“…Background Few adolescents engage in the recommended levels of physical activity, and daily exercise levels tend to drastically decrease throughout…”
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The Roles of Physical Activity, Exercise, and Fitness in Promoting Resilience During Adolescence: Effects on Mental Well-Being and Brain Development by Belcher, Britni R., Zink, Jennifer, Azad, Anisa, Campbell, Claire E., Chakravartti, Sandhya P., Herting, Megan M.

“…Adolescence is a critical yet vulnerable period for developing behaviors important for mental well-being. The existing literature suggests that physical…”
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Adolescent brain cognitive development study: Longitudinal methods, developmental findings, and associations with environmental risk factors by Luciana, Monica, Barch, Deanna, Herting, Megan M

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A longitudinal study: changes in cortical thickness and surface area during pubertal maturation by Herting, Megan M, Gautam, Prapti, Spielberg, Jeffrey M, Dahl, Ronald E, Sowell, Elizabeth R

“…Sex hormones have been shown to contribute to the organization and function of the brain during puberty and adolescence. Moreover, it has been suggested that…”
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Understanding the role of aerobic fitness, spatial learning, and hippocampal subfields in adolescent males by Prathap, Sandhya, Nagel, Bonnie J., Herting, Megan M.

“…Physical exercise during adolescence, a critical developmental window, can facilitate neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus and astrogliogenesis in Cornu Ammonis…”
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Effects of ambient fine particulates, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone on maturation of functional brain networks across early adolescence by Cotter, Devyn L., Campbell, Claire E., Sukumaran, Kirthana, McConnell, Rob, Berhane, Kiros, Schwartz, Joel, Hackman, Daniel A., Ahmadi, Hedyeh, Chen, Jiu-Chiuan, Herting, Megan M.

“…Air pollution is linked to neurodevelopmental delays, but its association with longitudinal changes in brain network development has yet to be investigated. We…”
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Profiling intra- and inter-individual differences in brain development across early adolescence by Bottenhorn, Katherine L., Cardenas-Iniguez, Carlos, Mills, Kathryn L., Laird, Angela R., Herting, Megan M.

“…•We studied changes in brain structure and function in children ages 9–13 years.•Cortical directed intracellular diffusion decreased, but subcortical…”
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Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study Linked External Data (LED): Protocol and practices for geocoding and assignment of environmental data by Fan, Chun Chieh, Marshall, Andrew, Smolker, Harry, Gonzalez, Marybel R., Tapert, Susan F., Barch, Deanna M., Sowell, Elizabeth, Dowling, Gayathri J., Cardenas-Iniguez, Carlos, Ross, Jessica, Thompson, Wesley K., Herting, Megan M.

“…Our brain is constantly shaped by our immediate environments, and while some effects are transient, some have long-term consequences. Therefore, it is critical…”
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Air pollution from biomass burning disrupts early adolescent cortical microarchitecture development by Bottenhorn, Katherine L., Sukumaran, Kirthana, Cardenas-Iniguez, Carlos, Habre, Rima, Schwartz, Joel, Chen, Jiu-Chiuan, Herting, Megan M.

“…[Display omitted] •Brain changes between ages 9–13 years differ with one year of air pollution exposure.•Particulate matter (PM2.5) from biomass burning is…”
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Differences in brain activity during a verbal associative memory encoding task in high- and low-fit adolescents by Herting, Megan M, Nagel, Bonnie J

“…Aerobic fitness is associated with better memory performance as well as larger volumes in memory-related brain regions in children, adolescents, and elderly…”
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