Background Previous investigations that have examined associations between family history
(FH) of alcohol/substance use and adolescent brain development have been primarily cross …

The increased frequency of risk taking behavior combined with marked neuromaturation has
positioned adolescence as a focal point of research into the neural causes and …

Background Previous research examined the relationship between teaching characteristics
and constructs of attitudes towards mathematics (ATM) from the student perspective in …

Objective: Deficits in reward processing are established in mood and substance use
disorders and are known risk factors for these disorders. Volume reductions of the …

Objective Adults with established diagnoses of serious mental illness (bipolar disorder and
schizophrenia) exhibit structural brain abnormalities, yet less is known about how such …

Given the epidemiological trends of increasing Alzheimer's disease (AD) and growing
evidence that exposure and lifestyle factors contribute to AD risk and pathogenesis, attention …

Aerobic exercise has been shown to impact brain structure and cognition in children and
adults. Exercise-induced activation of a growth protein known as brain derived neurotrophic …

While sensorimotor abnormalities in schizophrenia (SZ) are of increasing scientific interest,
little is known about structural changes and their developmental origins that may underlie …

Youth with severe conduct problems impose a significant cost on society by engaging in
high levels of antisocial and aggressive behavior. Within this group, adolescents with high …

Background: Identifying neural characteristics that predict cannabis initiation is important for
prevention efforts. The orbitofrontal cortex is critical for reward response and may be …