After a period of substantial adjustment during adolescence and early ... One major brain structure in which neurogenesis occurs in adults is the hippocampus, which plays an important role in ...

Rather than being immature, the adolescent brain actually has a unique ability ... Teenagers have higher levels of dopamine than adults, Fuligni explained, allowing them to learn from their ...

There is also plenty more to understand about the adolescent brain. But by looking at some typical neurological differences between the teen and adult brain, perhaps we can learn a bit more about ...

Research has shown that a biological brain mechanism called the 'kynurenine pathway' is imbalanced in adolescents with depression, and this imbalance is more pronounced in teenage girls than boys.

A large-scale program that enlisted students in disadvantaged middle schools to teach younger peers reduced disciplinary ...

Recent research into the neural effects of alcohol and recreational drugs suggests that the developmental trajectory of the adolescent brain may be particularly vulnerable to pharmacological ...

“They need to go through this period of transition in order to become fully independent adults ... of the brain that are undergoing particularly substantial development in adolescence ...

Adults Diagnosed With ADHD May Have Reduced ... Nov. 29, 2023 — Using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze specialized brain MRI scans of adolescents with and without attention-deficit ...

Nicotine exposure during adolescence has long been associated with an increased risk of addiction to this drug in adulthood. However, the precise mechanisms by which nicotine disrupts brain ...

This important study suggests that adolescent mice exhibit less accuracy than adult mice in a sound discrimination task when the sound frequencies are very similar. While the evidence supporting this ...

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