The Laboratory of Neurocognitive Development led by Dr. Luna investigates the brain mechanisms underlying the transition from adolescent to established adult neurocognitive trajectories. They use multimodal imaging including structural, functional, rs-fMRI, DTI, MRSI, 31P, and other high-level acquisitions as well as comprehensive cognitive batteries.
- PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Education & Training
Representative Publications
- Tervo-Clemmens B, Calabro FJ, Parr A, Fedor, Foran W, Luna B. A Canonical Trajectory of Executive Function Maturation from Adolescence to Adulthood. Nature Communications (In Press)
- McKeon SD, Calabro F, Thorpe RV, de la Fuente A, Foran W, Parr AC, Jones SR, Luna B. Age-related differences in transient gamma band activity during working memory maintenance through adolescence. Neuroimage. 2023 Jul 1;274:120112. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120112. Epub 2023 Apr 25. PMID: 37105338; PMCID: PMC10214866.
- Ravindranath O, Calabro FJ, Foran W, Luna B. Pubertal development underlies optimization of inhibitory control through specialization of ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2022 Dec;58:101162. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101162. Epub 2022 Oct 14. PMID: 36308857; PMCID: PMC9618767.
- Perica MI, Calabro FJ, Larsen B, Foran W, Yushmanov VE, Hetherington H, Tervo-Clemmens B, Moon CH, Luna B. Development of frontal GABA and glutamate supports excitation/inhibition balance from adolescence into adulthood. Prog Neurobiol. 2022 Oct 27;219:102370. doi:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2022.102370. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36309210.
- Parr AC, Calabro F, Tervo-Clemmens B, Larsen B, Foran W, Luna B. Contributions of dopamine-related basal ganglia neurophysiology to the developmental effects of incentives on inhibitory control. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2022 Mar 17;54:101100. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101100. Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC8961188.
- Parr AC, Calabro F, Larsen B, Tervo-Clemmens B, Elliot S, Foran W, Olafsson V, Luna B. Dopamine-related striatal neurophysiology is associated with specialization of frontostriatal reward circuitry through adolescence. Prog Neurobiol. 2021 Jun;201:101997. doi:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2021.101997. Epub 2021 Mar 2. PMCID: PMC8096717.