Cannabis addiction and the brain: a review

A Zehra, J Burns, CK Liu, P Manza, CE Wiers… - Journal of Neuroimmune …, 2018 - Springer
Cannabis is the most commonly used substance of abuse in the United States after alcohol
and tobacco. With a recent increase in the rates of cannabis use disorder (CUD) and a …

Associations between cannabis use, cannabis use disorder, and mood disorders: longitudinal, genetic, and neurocognitive evidence

L Kuhns, E Kroon, K Colyer-Patel, J Cousijn - Psychopharmacology, 2022 - Springer
Rationale Cannabis use among people with mood disorders increased in recent years.
While comorbidity between cannabis use, cannabis use disorder (CUD), and mood …

The brain in social context: A systematic review of substance use and social processing from adolescence to young adulthood

SJ Beard, L Yoon, JS Venticinque, NE Shepherd… - Developmental cognitive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Substance use escalates between adolescence and young adulthood, and most
experimentation occurs among peers. To understand underlying mechanisms, research has …

[HTML][HTML] Adolescents show differential dysfunctions related to Alcohol and Cannabis Use Disorder severity in emotion and executive attention neuro-circuitries

J Aloi, KS Blair, KI Crum, H Meffert, SF White… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018 - Elsevier
Alcohol and cannabis are two substances that are commonly abused by adolescents in the
United States and which, when abused, are associated with negative medical and …

[HTML][HTML] Balancing act: Neural correlates of affect dysregulation in youth depression and substance use–A systematic review of functional neuroimaging studies

D Rakesh, NB Allen, S Whittle - Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2020 - Elsevier
Both depression and substance use problems have their highest incidence during youth (ie,
adolescence and emerging adulthood), and are characterized by emotion regulation …

Cannabinoid type 1 receptors in the basolateral amygdala regulate ACPA-induced place preference and anxiolytic-like behaviors

T Tokutake, T Asano, H Miyanishi, S Nakaya… - Neurochemical …, 2022 - Springer
The number of cannabis users is increasing in the world. However, the mechanisms
involved in the psychiatric effects and addiction formation remain unclear. Medical …

Longitudinal associations between amygdala reactivity and cannabis use in a large sample of adolescents

PA Spechler, B Chaarani, C Orr, MD Albaugh… - …, 2020 - Springer
Rationale The amygdala is a key brain structure to study in relation to cannabis use as
reflected by its high-density of cannabinoid receptors and functional reactivity to processes …

[HTML][HTML] Immersive virtual plus-maze to examine behavior and psychophysiological-related variables in young people with problematic alcohol and cannabis …

RD Moreno-Fernández, D García-León, G Peñas… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Stressful events appear to be risky situations that can precipitate the consumption of drugs.
One way to recreate stressful contexts, in an ecological and controlled method, is through …