The phrase "a developmental period" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific time frame in which growth or development occurs, often in contexts related to psychology, education, or biology.
Example: "During a developmental period, children acquire essential skills that shape their future learning and behavior."
Alternatives: "a growth phase" or "a maturation stage".
Adolescence is a developmental period during which the brain and behavior may be vulnerable to MeHg exposure.
These results indicate that early calcineurin/NFAT signalling produces a developmental period of ERK hypersensitivity, allowing very weak signals to induce positive selection.
Second, adolescence is a developmental period in which personal identity and character are in flux and begin to take shape through a process of exploration and experimentation.
Emerging adulthood, a developmental period from late adolescence to the late twenties, is a critical transition for youths with type 1 diabetes.
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a debilitating psychiatric condition that commonly begins in adolescence, a developmental period that has been associated with increased reward seeking.
His current work focuses on early adolescence and pubertal maturation as a developmental period with unique opportunities for early intervention and prevention in relation to a wide range of behavioral and emotional health problems.
According to the Triple Risk Model (Kinney et al., 2009), SIDS results when three factors simultaneously influence the infant: (a) an underlying vulnerability in the infant, (b) a critical developmental period, and (c) an exogenous stressor.
These results indicate that signal transduction through the AC cascade is a target for CPF during a discrete developmental period in late gestation, an effect that is likely to contribute to the noncholinergic component of CPF's developmental neurotoxicity.
Marguet, S. L. et al. Treatment during a vulnerable developmental period rescues a genetic epilepsy.
Enrolment of offspring over a broad age range (0 to 21 years) will allow researchers to draw conclusions on a longer developmental period from a study of shorter duration.
Growing a large brain requires a long developmental period [25] and is energetically demanding [26], which may be excessively costly for migratory birds that have to travel long distances and that have a short time period available for reproduction.
