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

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 …

Adolescence is an important neurodevelopmental period marked by rapidly escalating rates
of alcohol and drug use. Over the past decade, research has attempted to disentangle pre …

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 …

Adolescence is a particularly vulnerable neurodevelopmental period marked by high rates
of engagement with risky alcohol use. This review summarizes the cognitive and neural …

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 …

Many people begin to drink alcohol during adolescence and young adulthood. Alcohol
consumption during this developmental period may have profound effects on brain structure …

In the past 15 years, both human and animal studies have advanced our understanding of
the effects of adolescent alcohol exposure on behavioral and neural development …

Alcohol use typically is initiated during adolescence, a period that coincides with critical
structural and functional maturation of the brain. Brain maturation and associated …

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 …