A new study by Penn Medicine reveals that while volume decreases from childhood to young adulthood, gray matter density actually increases. Thus, while adolescents lose brain volume, and females have lower brain volume than males, this is compensated for by increased density of gray matter.

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A new study by Penn Medicine reveals that while volume decreases from childhood to young adulthood, gray matter density actually increases. Thus, while adolescents lose brain volume, and females have lower brain volume than males, this is compensated for by increased density of gray matter.