Why Does Risk-Taking Peak During Adolescence?: Contribution of Neurochemical and Circuit-Level Function to Lower Serotonin-Mediated Behavioral Inhibition in Adolescents

<p>Adolescence is the period of transition between childhood and adulthood, and is characterized across mammalian species by changes in behavior that include increases in risk taking, novelty/sensation seeking, and social behavior. Immaturity of the central serotonergic system during adolesce...

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Main Author: Arrant, Andrew
Other Authors: Kuhn, Cynthia M.
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/6163