Depression rates are climbing, and the etiology is multi-factorial. The overarching goal of the present work is to examine specific neurobiological and psychosocial risk [...]

The GABRA2 gene encodes a subunit of a GABAA receptor found in the mesolimbic reward circuitry, and modulation of GABAA receptors by alcohol is hypothesized to contribute [...]

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with major clinical sensorimotor signs, including bradykinesia (slowed movements), rigidity, tremor and postural [...]

Patterns of alcohol consumption during adolescence differ from those observed during adulthood; namely, adolescents are more likely to consume alcohol less frequently, bu [...]

The etiology of adolescent internalizing psychopathology (e.g., anxiety and depression) is not yet fully understood, and for that reason it has been difficult to identify [...]