Children, adolescents, and unborn babies exposed to high levels of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) face increased risks of ...

Foundational work by B.J. Casey, director of the Laboratory on Fundamentals of the Adolescent Brain at Columbia University, has shown that during adolescence, the brain’s limbic system (normally ...

Adolescent brain development is characterized by synaptic regression and pruning, increases in myelination, strengthening of connections between limbic and cortical regions and maturation of ...