Altered Brain Developmental Trajectories in Adolescents After Initiating Drinking.

CONCLUSIONS: Initiation of drinking during adolescence, with or without marijuana co-use, disordered normal brain growth trajectories. Factors possibly contributing to abnormal cortical volume trajectories include peak consumption in the past year and family history of alcoholism.
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Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - October 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pfefferbaum A, Kwon D, Brumback T, Thompson WK, Cummins K, Tapert SF, Brown SA, Colrain IM, Baker FC, Prouty D, De Bellis MD, Clark DB, Nagel BJ, Chu W, Park SH, Pohl KM, Sullivan EV Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research