2018
Neurocognitive Development of Motivated Behavior: Dynamic Changes across Childhood and Adolescence
Gee DG, Bath KG, Johnson CM, Meyer HC, Murty VP, van den Bos W, Hartley CA. Neurocognitive Development of Motivated Behavior: Dynamic Changes across Childhood and Adolescence. Journal Of Neuroscience 2018, 38: 9433-9445. PMID: 30381435, PMCID: PMC6209847, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1674-18.2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentChildChild DevelopmentCognitionHumansMotivationNerve NetPrefrontal CortexStress, PsychologicalConceptsMotivated behaviorProcessing of threatReward-motivated behaviorsNeural circuitsEarly life stressCognitive processesCourse of developmentDevelopmental trajectoriesExperiential factorsNeurocognitive developmentAdaptive behaviorRecent methodological innovationsDevelopmental changesDevelopmental onsetRecent researchPsychiatric disordersAdulthoodMethodological innovationsAdolescenceNeurocircuitryRewardBehaviorResearchChildhoodProcessing
2017
Development of the emotional brain
Casey BJ, Heller AS, Gee DG, Cohen AO. Development of the emotional brain. Neuroscience Letters 2017, 693: 29-34. PMID: 29197573, PMCID: PMC5984129, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.11.055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion reactivityEmotional brainCognitive control circuitryNeurobiological accountsEmotional developmentRecent imaging studiesSelf-RegulationSocial situationsNeural circuitryYoung adulthoodAdolescenceImaging studiesHierarchical changesCircuitryDynamic reorganizationSubcorticoBrainCascade of changesAdulthoodLimbicControl circuitrySituationInstantiationDevelopment
2016
Stimulus-Elicited Connectivity Influences Resting-State Connectivity Years Later in Human Development: A Prospective Study
Gabard-Durnam LJ, Gee DG, Goff B, Flannery J, Telzer E, Humphreys KL, Lumian DS, Fareri DS, Caldera C, Tottenham N. Stimulus-Elicited Connectivity Influences Resting-State Connectivity Years Later in Human Development: A Prospective Study. Journal Of Neuroscience 2016, 36: 4771-4784. PMID: 27122035, PMCID: PMC4846673, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0598-16.2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial prefrontal cortexFunctional connectivityAmygdala-medial prefrontal cortex circuitInferior frontal gyrusResting-state functional networksFunctional architectureResting-state connectivityAmygdala functional connectivityFunctional network architecturePrefrontal cortex circuitAmygdala-mPFC circuitResting-state networksFunctional connectionsEmotional stimuliCourse of developmentFrontal gyrusAge-related changesPrefrontal cortexMotivate future investigationsCortex circuitPredictive associationsSensitive periodFunctional networksDevelopmental periodBrain function
2013
A Developmental Shift from Positive to Negative Connectivity in Human Amygdala–Prefrontal Circuitry
Gee DG, Humphreys KL, Flannery J, Goff B, Telzer EH, Shapiro M, Hare TA, Bookheimer SY, Tottenham N. A Developmental Shift from Positive to Negative Connectivity in Human Amygdala–Prefrontal Circuitry. Journal Of Neuroscience 2013, 33: 4584-4593. PMID: 23467374, PMCID: PMC3670947, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3446-12.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmygdala-prefrontal circuitryFunctional connectivityNegative connectivityAmygdala reactivityRecent human imagingParticipants 10 yearsTask-based functional magnetic resonance imagingNegative functional connectivityFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingAmygdala-prefrontal connectivityAmygdala-cortical connectivityAnxiety-related disordersFrontoamygdala circuitryAnimal studiesReciprocal connectionsResonance imagingTracing studyPositive connectivityAdolescent periodEarly childhoodNeurobiological basisEmotional behaviorPresent studyDevelopmental changes