Cannabis use is quantitatively associated with nucleus accumbens and amygdala abnormalities in young adult recreational users

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 5529-5538

  Gilman, Jodi M ^a,d,e   Kuster, John K ^a,b   Lee, Sang ^a,f   Lee, Myung Joo ^a,f   Kim, Byoung Woo ^a,f   Makris, Nikos ^c,e   van der Kouwe, Andre ^d,e   Blood, Anne J ^a,b,d,e   Breiter, Hans C ^a,b,d,f  

^a Laboratory of Neuroimaging and Genetics Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^b Mood and Motor Control Laboratory   (United States)

^c Center for Morphometric Analysis   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Gray matter density; Marijuana; Multimodal imaging; Reward; Topology shape

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

CANNABIS; GRAY MATTER DENSITY; MARIJUANA; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; REWARD; TOPOLOGY/SHAPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORGAN SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899476917     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4745-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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