Background A large proportion of adolescents drink alcohol, with many engaging in high-
risk patterns of consumption, including binge drinking. Here, we systematically review and …

Background: Alcohol use in excessive quantities has deleterious effects on brain structure
and behavior in adults and during periods of rapid neurodevelopment, such as prenatally …

While adolescent alcohol consumption has been asserted to adversely alter brain
development, research in human adolescents has not yet provided us with sufficient …

ObjectiveThis paper reviews the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) literature on the effects
of prenatal alcohol exposure on the developing human brain. MethodA literature search was …

Introduction: Adolescence and young adulthood are periods of continued biological and
psychosocial maturation. Thus, there may be deleterious effects of consuming large …

Magnetic resonance (MR) techniques provide opportunities to non-invasively characterize
neurobiological milestones of adolescent brain development. Juxtaposed to the critical …

Studies over the last decade demonstrate that adolescence is a brain maturation period from
childhood to adulthood. Plastic and dynamic processes drive adolescent brain development …

This article reviews the neurocognitive and neuroimaging literature regarding the effect of
alcohol use on human adolescent brain structure and function. Adolescents who engage in …

Per occasion, alcohol consumption is higher in adolescents than in adults in both humans
and laboratory animals, with changes in the adolescent brain probably contributing to this …

This review examines neuroimaging and neurocognitive findings on alcohol-related toxicity
in adolescents. Teens who meet criteria for alcohol use disorders, as well as those who …