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

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 characterized by numerous social, hormonal and physical changes, as well
as a marked increase in risk-taking behaviors. Dual systems models attribute adolescent risk …

Sex differences may play a critical role in modulating how chronic or heavy alcohol use
impacts the brain to cause the development of alcohol use disorder (AUD). AUD is a …

Background Adolescence is a critical biological, psychological, and social developmental
stage involving heightened risk for substance use and associated adverse consequences …

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 …

Objective: The authors sought evidence for altered adolescent brain growth trajectory
associated with moderate and heavy alcohol use in a large national, multisite, prospective …

Objective: Heavy alcohol use during adolescence may alter the trajectory of normal brain
development. The authors measured within-subject changes in regional brain morphometry …

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 …

The uncinate fasciculus (UF) is a long-range white matter tract that connects limbic regions
in the temporal lobe to the frontal lobe. The UF is one of the latest developing tracts, and …