Adolescent engagement in dangerous behaviors is associated with increased white matter maturity of frontal cortex.

<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We tes...

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Main Authors: Gregory S Berns, Sara Moore, C Monica Capra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0006773&type=printable
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