Michael E Meyerink

Cannabinoid use is enhanced by stress and changes conditioned stress responses.

Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology April 2022 Ritchy Hodebourg, Michael E Meyerink, Ayteria D Crow et al.

Individuals diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are often comorbid for substance use disorders. Cannabis is widely used by PSTD patients, and the literature is mixed on whether cannabis use ameliorates or exacerbates patient responses to stress-associated conditioned stimuli (stress-CS). We determined if cannabis use affects responsivity to stress-CS in rats receiving 2 h...