Functional brain imaging of development-related risk and vulnerability for substance use in adolescents

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 47-54

  Hardin, Michael G ^a,b   Ernst, Monique ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain maturation; Development trajectories; Drug experimentation; Inhibitory control; Limbic system; Ontogeny; Reward; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349246694     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e31819ca788     Document Type: Review

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