adolescence
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The second epoch, adolescence, is marked by continued growth of white matter.
From Science Daily
Unsurprisingly adolescence starts around the onset of puberty, but this is the latest evidence suggesting it ends much later than we assumed.
From BBC
It was, he writes, “a childhood and adolescence not so much of abject poverty as of poverty of outlook, of ambition,” and the girl got out as soon as she could.
In Scipio’s adolescence, his father, uncle and cousin each served one-year consulships, the Roman Republic’s highest political office.
Prevention is the key, as obesity rarely resolves after adolescence.
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