Altered amygdala-cortical connectivity in individuals with Cannabis use disorder.
Joseph AloiMarie C McCuskerBrandon J LewMikki SchantellJacob A EastmanMichaela R FrenzelTony W WilsonPublished in: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) (2021)
These data expand on emerging literature indicating that CUD is associated with dysfunction in the neural circuits underlying emotion processing. Dysfunction in emotion processing circuits may play a role in the behavioral impairments seen in emotion processing tasks in individuals with CUD, and the severity of CUD symptoms appears to be directly related to the degree of dysfunction in these circuits.