Matthew D. Albaugh

TL;DR: This battery will provide a foundational baseline assessment of the youth’s current function so as to permit characterization of stability and change in key domains over time, and will also be utilized to identify both resilience markers that predict healthy development and risk factors for later adverse outcomes in physical health, mental health, and substance use and abuse.

TL;DR: It is suggested that CTh follows a simple linear decline in most cortical areas by age 5, and all areas byage 8, which further supports the crucial importance of implementing post-processing QC in CTh studies of development, aging, and neuropsychiatric disorders.

TL;DR: A significant decrease of amygdala volume in alcohol-dependent subjects was associated with increased alcohol craving before imaging and an increased alcohol intake during the 6-month follow-up period, suggesting a relationship between amygdala volume reduction, alcohol craving, and prospective relapse into alcohol consumption.

TL;DR: The dynamic impact of age on relations between vmPFC and negative affect in the developing brain is demonstrated and potential neurobiological mechanisms underlying this maturation pattern are proposed.

TL;DR: A condition that predisposes the individual to cocaine dependence by affecting the amygdala, or a primary event early in the course of cocaine use, is argued.