The shooting, yet another by a young male, raises important questions about the workings of the teenage brain and what drives ...
Once their daughter or son starts separating from childhood, usually around ages 9 to 13, adolescence commonly begins. Now the girl or boy feels more restless and dissatisfied, not content to be ...
Change is the law of living things, the constant process that keeps upsetting and resetting the terms of our existence all the time. Moment to moment, one day to the next, our lives are in constant ...
For the parents of a teenager, adolescence can be a challenging time. But to a brain scientist, it's a marvel. "I want people to understand that adolescence is not a disease, that adolescence is an ...
Heavy alcohol consumption may cause permanent dysregulation of neurons, or brain cells, in adolescents, according to a new study in mice. The findings suggest that exposure to binge-levels of alcohol ...
Heavy alcohol consumption may cause permanent dysregulation of neurons, or brain cells, in adolescents, according to a new study in mice. The findings suggest that exposure to binge-levels of alcohol ...
In a mouse study designed to explore the impact of marijuana's major psychoactive compound, THC, on teenage brains, researchers say they found changes to the structure of microglia, which are ...
A recent study published in PLOS One failed to find evidence that caffeine consumption is linked to changes in a brain connectivity marker associated with attention in early adolescents. Researchers ...
A new study in mice reports that concussions sustained early in life can cause subtle brain changes that re-emerge later in ...