Early life experiences critically define cognitive and mental health function throughout
life. Childhood and adolescence are the predominant age of onset for the majority
of mental disorders, periods in which key brain areas involved in emotional processing,
such as medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and amygdala, are maturing. Anatomical and
morphological changes occur in both these areas during early life; nevertheless, how
these changes affect circuit function and its consequences to the onset of mental
illness is currently unknown.
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