Cerebral Blood Flow Changes During Puberty

There are changes occurring not only physically, however, but chemically as well, in the brain’s circuitry. Penn Medicine researchers have discovered that before the onset of puberty, pre-puberty changes take place that result in decreased cerebral blood flow (CBF) to the brain.

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Early Puberty In Teens Increases Odds Of Substance Abuse

It’s just about every parent’s worst nightmare: a child on the brink of adulthood sees her friends lighting up a cigarette or uncapping a beer and decides she’s adult enough now to do the same.

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