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Natalie Mitten

The adolescent brain: Beyond raging hormones - Harvard Health Publications - 1 views

  • Neurons (gray matter) and synapses (junctions between neurons)
  • roliferate in the cerebral cortex and are then gradually pruned throughout adolescence
  • 40% of all synapses are eliminated, largely in the frontal lobes.
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  • the white insulating coat of myelin
  • on the axons that carry signals between nerve cells continues to accumulate,
  • a process not completed until the early 20s
  • Among the last connections to be fully established are the links between the prefrontal cortex
  • seat of
  • judgment and problem-solving, and the emotional centers in the limbic system, especially the amygdala.
  • The adolescent brain pours out adrenal stress hormones, sex hormones,
  • and growth hormone, which in turn influence brain development.
  • Sex hormones act in the limbic system and in the raphe nucleus, source of the
  • neurotransmitter serotonin
  • things can go wrong in many ways,
  • Stress can retard the growth of the hippocampus, which consolidates
  • memories.
Jeri Jernigans

Hormone Therapy - 0 views

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    What all can hormone therapy do for you in the long run?
Caitlan Granger

Thyroid surgery - 0 views

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      hoarseness or change of voice, my mother experienced this.
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