Structural and functional imaging studies in chronic cannabis users: a systematic review of adolescent and adult findings

A Batalla, S Bhattacharyya, M Yuecel, P Fusar-Poli… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background The growing concern about cannabis use, the most commonly used illicit drug
worldwide, has led to a significant increase in the number of human studies using …

Dare to delay? The impacts of adolescent alcohol and marijuana use onset on cognition, brain structure, and function

KM Lisdahl, ER Gilbart, NE Wright… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Throughout the world, drug and alcohol use has a clear adolescent onset (Degenhardt et
al.,). Alcohol continues to be the most popular drug among teens and emerging adults, with …

Long-term effects of marijuana use on the brain

FM Filbey, S Aslan, VD Calhoun… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Questions surrounding the effects of chronic marijuana use on brain structure continue to
increase. To date, however, findings remain inconclusive. In this comprehensive study that …

[HTML][HTML] The role of cannabinoids in neuroanatomic alterations in cannabis users

V Lorenzetti, N Solowij, M Yücel - Biological psychiatry, 2016 - Elsevier
The past few decades have seen a marked change in the composition of commonly smoked
cannabis. These changes primarily involve an increase of the psychoactive compound∆ 9 …

Cannabis effects on brain structure, function, and cognition: considerations for medical uses of cannabis and its derivatives

AC Burggren, A Shirazi, N Ginder… - The American journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Cannabis is the most widely used illicit substance worldwide, and legalization
for recreational and medical purposes has substantially increased its availability and use in …

Oxytocin improves behavioural and neural deficits in inferring others' social emotions in autism

Y Aoki, N Yahata, T Watanabe, Y Takano, Y Kawakubo… - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Recent studies have suggested oxytocin's therapeutic effects on deficits in social
communication and interaction in autism spectrum disorder through improvement of emotion …

Considering cannabis: the effects of regular cannabis use on neurocognition in adolescents and young adults

KM Lisdahl, NE Wright, C Medina-Kirchner… - Current addiction …, 2014 - Springer
Thirty-six percent of high-school seniors have used cannabis in the past year, and an
alarming 6.5% smoked cannabis daily, up from 2.4% in 1993. Adolescents and emerging …

Cognitive outcomes associated with long-term, regular, recreational cannabis use in adults: A meta-analysis.

ME Lovell, J Akhurst, C Padgett, MI Garry… - Experimental and …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Despite research advances, it remains unclear if long-term, regular cannabis use harms
cognition once intoxication has passed. Our meta-analysis aimed to investigate the …

Effects of regular cannabis use on neurocognition, brain structure, and function: a systematic review of findings in adults

DA Nader, ZM Sanchez - The American journal of drug and alcohol …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Cannabis is the most used illicit drug worldwide. The long-standing
consequences for the central nervous system associated with frequent cannabis use have …

[HTML][HTML] Recreational cannabis use impairs driving performance in the absence of acute intoxication

MK Dahlgren, KA Sagar, RT Smith, AM Lambros… - Drug and alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Across the nation, growing numbers of individuals are exploring the use of
cannabis for medical or recreational purposes, and the proportion of cannabis-positive …