Sex differences in behavior and neural development and their role in adolescent vulnerability to substance use

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 298, Issue , 2016, Pages 15-26

  Hammerslag, Lindsey R ^a   Gulley, Joshua M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Amygdala; PFC; Sex; Striatum; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CONDITIONED PLACE PREFERENCE TEST; CONDITIONED TASTE AVERSION TEST; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION TEST; SENSATION SEEKING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84949104015     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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