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Summary of findings on the effect of alcohol on adolescent brain development
| Cognition | ↓ Visuospatial functioning, learning and memory, attention |
| Brain volume | ↓ Hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, cerebellum volume |
| Cortical thickness | ↑ Frontal cortices (females), ↓ frontal cortices (males) |
| White-matter integrity | ↓ White-matter integrity |
| Brain activation | ↓ Activation before initiating alcohol use; ↑ activation post heavy drinking |
