Erika E Forbes

Nucleus accumbens functional connectivity at age 20 is associated with trajectory of adolescent cannabis use and predicts psychosocial functioning in young adulthood.

Addiction November 2017 Sarah D Lichenstein, Samuel Musselman, Daniel S Shaw et al.

(1) To identify trajectories of cannabis use across adolescence, (2) to measure the influence of cannabis use characteristics on functional connectivity of the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) and (3) to assess whether patterns of functional connectivity related to cannabis use are associated with psychosocial functioning 2 years later. The Pitt Mother and Child Project (PMCP) is a prospective,...