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 …

Among the methods valuable for assessing spatial learning and memory impairments in
rodents, the Barnes maze (BM) task deserves special attention. It is based on the …

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

At-risk alcohol use is a major contributor to the global health care burden and leads to
preventable deaths and diseases including alcohol addiction, alcoholic liver disease …

Brain imaging technology has allowed researchers to conduct rigorous studies of the
dynamic course of alcoholism through periods of drinking, sobriety, and relapse and to gain …

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 …

Although neurons attract the most attention in neurobiology, our current knowledge of neural
circuit can only partially explain the neurological and psychiatric conditions of the brain …

Induction of neuroimmune genes by binge drinking increases neuronal excitability and
oxidative stress, contributing to the neurobiology of alcohol dependence and causing …

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