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Rachel Lees

5 papers in the library · 278 citations · publishing 2018-2023

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Associations between regular cannabis use and brain resting-state functional connectivity in adolescents and adults

Journal of Psychopharmacology July 29, 2023 Natalie Ertl, Will Lawn, Claire Mokrysz et al. 17 citations

BACKGROUND/AIM: Cannabis use is highly prevalent in adolescents; however, little is known about its effects on adolescent brain function. METHOD: = 70, 35 adolescents/35 adults). Pre-registered analyses examined the connectivity of seven major cortical and sub-cortical brain networks (default mode network, executive control network (ECN), salience network, hippocampal network and three striatal...

The CannTeen study: verbal episodic memory, spatial working memory, and response inhibition in adolescent and adult cannabis users and age-matched controls

Psychopharmacology April 29, 2022 Will Lawn, Natalia Fernandez‐Vinson, Claire Mokrysz et al. 25 citations

BACKGROUND: Preclinical and human studies suggest that adolescent cannabis use may be associated with worse cognitive outcomes than adult cannabis use. We investigated the associations between chronic cannabis use and cognitive function in adolescent and adult cannabis users and controls. We hypothesised user-status would be negatively associated with cognitive function and this relationship...

The CannTeen Study: Verbal Episodic Memory, Spatial Working Memory, and Response Inhibition in Adolescent and Adult Cannabis Users and Age-Matched Controls PRE-PRINT

February 18, 2022 Will Lawn, Natalia Fernandez‐Vinson, Claire Mokrysz et al. preprint

Background: Preclinical and human studies suggest that adolescent cannabis use may be associated with worse cognitive outcomes than adult cannabis use. We investigated the associations between chronic cannabis use and cognitive function in adolescent and adult cannabis users and controls. We hypothesised user-status would be negatively associated with cognitive function and this relationship...

How does cannabidiol (CBD) influence the acute effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in humans? A systematic review.

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews September 30, 2019 A. Freeman, Kat Petrilli, Rachel Lees et al.

The recent liberalisation of cannabis regulation has increased public and scientific debate about its potential benefits and risks. A key focus has been the extent to which cannabidiol (CBD) might influence the acute effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), but this has never been reviewed systematically. In this systematic review of how CBD influences the acute effects of THC we...

The neuropsychopharmacology of cannabis: A review of human imaging studies

Pharmacology & Therapeutics October 20, 2018 Michael Bloomfield, Chandni Hindocha, Sebastian F Green et al. 236 citations

receptor. Acutely, cannabis and THC produce a range of effects on several neurocognitive and pharmacological systems. These include effects on executive, emotional, reward and memory processing via direct interactions with the endocannabinoid system and indirect effects on the glutamatergic, GABAergic and dopaminergic systems. Cannabidiol, a non-intoxicating cannabinoid found in some forms of...