Adolescent Engagement in Dangerous Behaviors Is Associated with Increased White Matter Maturity of Frontal Cortex

BACKGROUND: Myelination of white matter in the brain continues throughout adolescence and early adulthood. This cortical immaturity has been suggested as a potential cause of dangerous and impulsive behaviors in adolescence. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We tested this hypothesis in a group of hea...

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Autores principales: Berns, Gregory S., Moore, Sara, Capra, C. Monica
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2728774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19707512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006773

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2728774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19707512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006773

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