Longitudinal associations between amygdala reactivity and cannabis use in a large sample of adolescents.
Philip A SpechlerBader ChaaraniCatherine OrrMatthew D AlbaughNicholas R FontaineStephen T HigginsTobias BanaschewskiArun L W BokdeErin Burke QuinlanSylvane DesrivièresHerta FlorAntoine GrigisPenny GowlandAndreas HeinzBernd IttermannEric ArtigesMarie-Laure Paillère MartinotFrauke NeesDimitri Papadopoulos OrfanosTomáš PausLuise PoustkaSarah HohmannJuliane H FröhnerMichael N SmolkaHenrik WalterRobert WhelanGunter SchumannHugh GaravanPublished in: Psychopharmacology (2020)
(1) Right amygdala hyper-reactivity is predictive of future cannabis use, and (2) protracted cannabis exposure during adolescence may alter the rate of neurotypical functional development.