Many processes in the human body—including brain function—are regulated over the 24-
hour cycle, and there are strong associations between disrupted circadian rhythms (for …

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

Purpose The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak impacts physical and mental
health. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between the levels of social …

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 …

Although sleep is a key element in adolescent development, teens are spending increasing
amounts of time online with health risks related to excessive use of electronic media …

The Neurobiology of Adolescent Drinking in Adulthood (NADIA) Consortium has focused on
the impact of adolescent binge drinking on brain development, particularly on effects that …

Background Chronic alcohol exposure (CAE) during late adolescence increases the risk of
anxiety development. Alcohol-induced prefrontal cortex (PFC) microglial activation …

The capability of the mammalian brain to generate new neurons through the lifespan has
gained much attention for the promise of new therapeutic possibilities especially for the …

Abstract Background Athina Markou and her colleagues discovered persistent changes in
adult behavior following adolescent exposure to ethanol or nicotine consistent with …

Alcoholism is a complex brain disease characterized by three distinct stages of the addiction
cycle that manifest as neuroadaptive changes in the brain. One such stage of the addiction …