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 …

Adolescence is a developmental period when physical and cognitive abilities are optimized,
when social skills are consolidated, and when sexuality, adolescent behaviors, and frontal …

Most drugs of abuse easily cross the placenta and can affect fetal brain development. In
utero exposures to drugs thus can have long-lasting implications for brain structure and …

The peak age of onset for many psychiatric disorders is adolescence, a time of remarkable
physical and behavioural changes. The processes in the brain that underlie these …

OBJECTIVE: Adolescence is a developmental period that entails substantial changes in risk-
taking behavior and experimentation with alcohol and drugs. Understanding how the brain …

Over the past decade, many studies have indicated that adolescence is a critical period of
brain development and maturation. The refinement and maturation of the central nervous …

The role of withdrawal‐related phenomena in the development and maintenance of alcohol
addiction remains under debate. A 'self‐medication'framework postulates that emotional …

The past decade has brought many advances in our understanding of GABA A receptor-
mediated ethanol action in the central nervous system. We now know that specific GABA A …

Numerous developmental changes occur across levels of personal organization (eg,
changes related to puberty, brain and cognitive-affective structures and functions, and family …

Alcohol use, particularly binge drinking (BD), is a major public health concern among
adolescents. Recent national data show that the gender gap in alcohol use is lessening, and …