Animal studies show a difference in response to drugs of abuse in early-exposed "adolescents."
Rats first exposed to nicotine as adolescents self-administer nicotine more often and in higher total doses per session than rats first exposed as adults. Corresponding and persistent changes in the brain were also found in those animals that were exposed early to nicotine.
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