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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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Public Library of Science
2009
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| 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 |