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  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Endocrinology

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  • Sex hormones influence brain development during puberty.
  • Hormonal changes may explain sex differences in adolescent behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how pubertal changes affect brain cortical development.
  • To examine sex-specific differences in these effects over two years.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study tracking physical and hormonal pubertal changes.
  • Controlled for age, analyzing cortical thickness and surface area changes.
  • Examined relationships between hormone levels and brain structure.

Main Results:

  • Increased Tanner Stage correlated with less frontal thinning and precuneus area decrease.
  • Sex and Tanner Stage interactions showed distinct temporal lobe changes in boys and girls.
  • Testosterone changes affected frontal lobe surface area differently in boys and girls.
  • Estradiol increases in girls predicted middle temporal lobe thinning.

Conclusions:

  • Physical and hormonal pubertal markers are linked to sex-specific cortical development.
  • Adolescent brain changes during puberty are influenced by hormones and sex.
  • These findings contribute to understanding sex differences in adolescent brain maturation.