Heather Richardson, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Heather Richardson, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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Richardson and colleagues believe their study is the first to show that voluntary alcohol drinking in adolescence affects the physical development of neural pathways in the prefrontal cortex, one of the last brain regions to mature.

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UMass Amherst

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