Preliminary findings demonstrating latent effects of early adolescent marijuana use onset on cortical architecture.
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience December 2015 Francesca Filbey, Tim McQueeny, Samuel J DeWitt et al.
As the most commonly used illicit substance during early adolescence, long-term or latent effects of early adolescent marijuana use across adolescent developmental processes remain to be determined. We examined cortical thickness, gray/white matter border contrast (GWR) and local gyrification index (LGI) in 42 marijuana (MJ) users. Voxelwise regressions assessed early-onset (age <16) vs....
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2015.10.001 (opens in new tab)
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Marijuana
Adolescence
Cortical thickness
Freesurfer
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