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 an important ontogenetic period that is characterized by behaviors such as
enhanced novelty-seeking, impulsivity, and reward preference, which can give rise to an …

Addictions are heritable and unfold dynamically across the lifespan. One prominent
neurobiological theory proposes that substance-induced changes in neural circuitry promote …

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

Background Individuals with a family history of alcoholism are at much greater risk for
developing an alcohol use disorder (AUD) than youth or adults without such history. A large …

Over the last 10 years, rates of alcohol use disorder (AUD) have increased in women by
84% relative to a 35% increase in men. Rates of alcohol use and high‐risk drinking have …

Highlights•Adolescence is a period of vulnerability for developing substance use
disorder.•Executive functioning deficits are predictive of substance use initiation.•Reduced …

Importance Alcohol abuse correlates with gray matter development in adolescents, but the
directionality of this association remains unknown. Objective To investigate the directionality …

Background Individuals with a family history (FH+) of alcohol use disorder (AUD) have a
higher risk for developing an AUD than those with no family history (FH−) of AUD. In …

Introduction Family history (FH) of alcohol dependence is likely to increase the risk of trauma
exposure, post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and alcohol dependence. FH of alcohol …