A sweeping review of over 8,000 participants reveals how cannabis use during the teenage years may reshape the developing brain, raising urgent questions about long-term risks and early intervention.

This schematic outlines their analytical framework. The approach involves creating a validated developmental atlas of the dorsal prefrontal cortex from structural connectivity, then using these ...

A major U.S. study tracking over 11,000 youth found that teens who begin using cannabis show slower gains in memory, attention, language and processing speed compared to non-users. THC exposure, in ...

Marijuana use among teenagers is entering a new phase—one shaped not only by changing laws but also by shifting perceptions of risk. As legalization expands across the United States, researchers and ...

Adolescent cannabis users show slower gains in thinking and memory skills as they age. The study published in Neuropsychopharmacology suggested that the teen years are a critical time for brain ...

Researchers constructed a brain growth charts from 54,000+ diffusion MRI scans to map individual white matter health.

During adolescence, the teen brain goes through dramatic changes which scientists are just beginning to better understand. For parents, teachers, and anyone who cares for a teenager—it is often ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early brain scans showed that gray matter changes dramatically through the teen years ...

This is the first in a series of articles on the teen brain, based on a presentation given at Miami Beach Senior High School. If you are the type who wants to skip straight to the tips, don’t worry.

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively builds dense new clusters of synapses in specific parts of neurons. These ...

Researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have created one of the largest reference models ever developed ...