Adolescent alcohol exposure: Are there separable vulnerable periods within adolescence?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-130

  Spear, Linda Patia ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Ethanol; Lasting effects; Neurobehavioral consequences; Nicotine; Puberty; Stressors; Timing specific effects

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; NICOTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL EXPOSURE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL MODEL; BINGE DRINKING; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRESS; UNITED STATES; AGE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNDERAGE DRINKING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNDERAGE DRINKING;

EID: 84937950587     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.01.027     Document Type: Review

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