Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
July 21, 2026
Alannah Miranda, Breanna M Holloway, Elizabeth Peek et al.
Cannabis use is highly prevalent among people with bipolar disorder, potentially due to a desire to self-medicate against symptoms, such as racing thoughts and poor concentration. Such symptoms are associated with attention and inhibitory control deficits, functions that are regulated in-part by temporal perception. Temporal perception is impaired in BD and is slowed by acute cannabis exposure....
Journal of Cannabis Research
January 2, 2026
Sunitha Vemuri, Samantha M. Ayoub, Arpi Minassian et al.
Cannabinoids have proven to useful for attenuating adverse effects of HIV. People living with HIV use cannabis at higher rates, with evidence suggesting it alleviates physiological symptoms such as nausea, loss of appetite, etc.. Cannabis can alter physiology as well as essential behavioral functions such as motivation. This study investigated the effect of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),...
Brain, behavior, and immunity
April 1, 2025
Samantha M. Ayoub, Sunitha Vemuri, Elizabeth B. Hoang et al.
HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment (NCI) is an untreated concern among people living with HIV (PLWH). Cannabis use in PLWH may complicate outcomes on cognition, with evidence to suggest function-dependent effects that are modulated by several factors including use patterns (e.g., frequency of use) and demographic influences (e.g., age). Animal studies can control for these factors. Here,...
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
November 12, 2021
Benjamin Z Roberts, Arpi Minassian, Adam L. Halberstadt et al.
HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) is commonly observed in persons living with HIV (PWH) and is characterized by cognitive deficits implicating disruptions of fronto-striatal neurocircuitry. Such circuitry is also susceptible to alteration by cannabis and other drugs of abuse. PWH use cannabis at much higher rates than the general population, thus prioritizing the characterization of...