PsychopharmacologyDecember 12, 2025Ilenia Salsano, Giorgia Picci, Nathan M Petro et al.
Cannabis is one of the most widely used psychoactive drugs in the United States, yet its long-term effects on brain function remain poorly understood. Prior resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) studies have yielded inconsistent findings, likely due to variability in cannabis use thresholds, a predominant focus on younger populations, and region-of-interest (ROI)-based approaches limited...
The default mode network (DMN) plays a crucial role in internal self-processing, rumination, and social functions. Disruptions to DMN connectivity have been linked with early adversity and the emergence of psychopathology in adolescence and early adulthood. Herein, we investigate how subclinical psychiatric symptoms can impact DMN functional connectivity during the pubertal transition....
BJPsych OpenSeptember 23, 2022Amy S Badura Brack, Marika Marklin, Christine M Embury et al.
Background: Trait dissociation has not been examined from a structural human brain mapping perspective in healthy adults or children. Non-pathological dissociation shares some features with daydreaming and mind-wandering, but also involves subtle disruptions in affect and autobiographical memory. Aims: To identify neurostructural biomarkers of trait dissociation in healthy children. Method:...