Historique
![Teenage kicks: cannabis and the adolescent brain [Comment]](https://bdoc.ofdt.fr/img_cache/pmb_ofdt_record_71976.webp?v=1776262038)
Article de Périodique
Teenage kicks: cannabis and the adolescent brain [Comment] (2013)
Auteur(s) :
BLAKEMORE, S. J.
Année
2013
Page(s) :
888-889
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
11
Domaine :
Drogues illicites
Discipline :
PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods)
Thésaurus mots-clés
CANNABIS
;
ADOLESCENT
;
CERVEAU
;
IMAGERIE MEDICALE
;
DEVELOPPEMENT
;
FACTEUR DE VULNERABILITE
;
COGNITION
Résumé :
In the past decade or so, research with MRI and functional MRI has revolutionised what we know about how the human brain develops. We now understand that the brain undergoes protracted development, continuing throughout adolescence and beyond. Adolescence is defined as the period starting with the physical and hormonal changes associated with puberty and ending when an individual attains a stable, independent role in society. Although the point marking the end of adolescence varies with culture, the end of the teenage years represents a working consensus in developed countries. One brain region that develops substantially during the teenage years is the prefrontal cortex, which is involved in executive functions, such as decision making, inhibitory control, and planning, and in social understanding and self-awareness. [Extract]
Affiliation :
UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London WC1N 3AR, UK