Pubertal hormones organize the adolescent brain and behavior.

By C. Sisk, J. L. Zehr. Frontiers in neuroendocrinology (Print), 2005

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Subfields: Behavioral Neuroscience, Reproductive Medicine, Social Psychology

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In Search of Explanations for Early Pubertal Timing Effects on Developmental Psychopathology (2009, background): “One possible pathway that has been well studied in animal models is pubertal hormones, particularly gonadal hormones, organizing neural circuits in the developing adolescent brain and leading to behavioral consequences (Sisk & Zehr, 2005).”
Drivers of human development: How relationships and context shape learning and development1 (2020, background): “A remodeling of the brain’s dopaminergic system occurs around the time of puberty, in which amounts of dopamine fall sharply from levels in the early developmental phases (e.g., Sisk & Zehr, 2005).”
Neuroendocrinology of coping styles: towards understanding the biology of individual variation. (2010, neutral): “lescent brain and play a role in individual differences in adult behavior [113].”
Special issue on the teenage brain: Sensitivity to social evaluation (2013, positive): “…to sensitize functional properties of certain brain circuits due, in part, to the influence of hormones on neurotransmitter systems (see (Ernst, Romeo, & Andersen, 2009; Nelson, Leibenluft, McClure, & Pine, 2005; Sisk & Zehr, 2005), potentially resulting in adolescent-specific engagement patterns.”
Gender Differences in Spatial Ability: Implications for STEM Education and Approaches to Reducing the Gender Gap for Parents and Educators (2017, background): “Production of sex hormones greatly increases with the onset of puberty (Spear, 2000), and is associated with a range of psychological and behavioural changes as well as differences in brain development (Berenbaum & Beltz, 2011; Sisk & Zehr, 2005).”
A Social Neuroscience Perspective on Adolescent Risk-Taking. (2008, background): “…at around 9 or 10 years of age, a subsequent reduction of dopamine receptor density in the striatum and prefrontal cortex, a transformation that is much more pronounced among males than females (at least in rodents) (Sisk & Foster, 2004; Sisk & Zehr, 2005; Teicher, Andersen, & Hostetter, 1995).”
Reframing sexual differentiation of the brain (2011, background): “In most instances, such as hormonal control of sexual behavior, activational effects of steroids are constrained by earlier organizational effects, including additional organization that occurs at pubert”
The organizational-activational hypothesis as the foundation for a unified theory of sexual differentiation of all mammalian tissues (2009, neutral): “Recent experiments support that idea (Sisk and Zehr, 2005; Sisk, this volume).”
A time of change: behavioral and neural correlates of adolescent sensitivity to appetitive and aversive environmental cues. (2010, background): “…is becoming more common is that the acute effects of sex hormones during adolescence may sensitize neural circuits to hormone activation , which in turn allows for the development and maturation of social and sexual behaviors (Romeo, Richardson, & Sisk, 2002; Sisk & Zehr, 2005; Steinberg, 2008 ).”
Detrimental psychological outcomes associated with pubertal timing in adolescent boys (2012, background): “…with more advanced pubertal status have higher levels of estradiol and progesterone relative to later-developing peers (see Dorn & Biro, 2011; Sisk & Zehr, 2005 for a review), which is posited to contribute to increased risk for disordered eating during puberty and at subsequent points…”