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 …

Dynamic changes in neurochemistry, fiber architecture, and tissue composition occur in the
adolescent brain. The course of these maturational processes is being charted with greater …

Throughout the world, drug and alcohol use has a clear adolescent onset (Degenhardt et
al.,). Alcohol continues to be the most popular drug among teens and emerging adults, with …

This review examines neuroimaging and neurocognitive findings on alcohol-related toxicity
in adolescents. Teens who meet criteria for alcohol use disorders, as well as those who …

BACKGROUND: Problems inhibiting non-adaptive behaviors have been linked to an
increased risk for substance use and other risk taking behaviors in adolescence. This study …

Converging lines of evidence suggest an adverse effect of heavy cannabis use on
adolescent brain development, particularly on the hippocampus. In this preliminary study …

Thirty-six percent of high-school seniors have used cannabis in the past year, and an
alarming 6.5% smoked cannabis daily, up from 2.4% in 1993. Adolescents and emerging …

The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative provides a strategy for classifying
psychopathology based on behavioral dimensions and neurobiological measures …

This study sought to characterize neuropsychological functioning in MJ-using adolescents
and emerging adults (ages 18–26) and to investigate whether gender moderated these …

Aims: Alcohol-dependent people who are middle-aged or older have a widespread loss of
cortical grey and white matter, particularly in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). We examine if brain …