By Donald J. Cohen, Dante Cicchetti

Developmental Psychopathology, moment variation, comprises in 3 volumes the main whole and present study on each point of developmental psychopathology. This seminal reference paintings positive aspects contributions from nationwide and overseas professional researchers and clinicians who assemble an array of interdisciplinary paintings to envision how a number of degrees of research could impact person variations, the continuity or discontinuity of styles and the pathways during which an identical developmental results should be accomplished. This quantity addresses theoretical views and methodological concerns, together with cross-cultural views, developmental epidemiology, self selection conception, and gender concerns.

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In contrast, the granule cells of the dentate gyrus in the hippocampus, olfactory bulb, and cerebellum are generated predominantly during the postnatal period (Gould & Cameron, 1996). In addition, stem cells that reside in specialized niches in the brain of adult mammals continuously generate new neurons. The neurons in mammalian brains are born in two germinal regions: the subventricular zone (SVZ) and the subgranular zone (SGZ). The SVZ generates olfactory bulb neurons and the SGZ of the hippocampal formation gives rise to granule neurons of the dentate gyrus (Doetsch & Hen, 2005).

However, given the increasing recognition of the importance of considering many levels of interdependent processes simultaneously in order to advance the understanding of a multifaceted phenomenon, such as resilience, it is incumbent upon resilience researchers to meet the challenge of simultaneously incorporating multiple levels both across and within systems. The discussion in this section of the chapter focuses in part on the conceptual basis for the consideration of biological processes that may potentially yield contributions to expanding our knowledge about resilience.

In a study that has generated a great deal of controversy in the literature, Gould et al. (1999) discovered that stress does not alter the survival of recently produced neurons in the dentate gyrus. Accordingly, young (immature) adult-generated hippocampal cells may make them uniquely qualified to form synaptic connections rapidly and to participate in the transient storage of information. Furthermore, Gould, Beylin, et al. (1999) found that in order for learning to further enhance the number of new hippocampal neurons, the animal must be engaged in a task for which this brain region is essential.

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