Chronic exposure to inhaled vaporized cannabis high in Δ9-THC alters brain structure in adult female mice.
Frontiers in Neuroscience 2023 Autumn Taylor, Amanda Nweke, Veniesha Vincent et al.
The medical and recreational use of cannabis has increased in the United States. Its chronic use can have detrimental effects on the neurobiology of the brain-effects that are age-dependent. This was an exploratory study looking at the effects of chronically inhaled vaporized cannabis on brain structure in adult female mice. Adult mice were exposed daily to vaporized cannabis (10.3% THC and...
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1139309 (opens in new tab)
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Diffusion weighted imaging
Dopaminergic system
Limbic cortex
Prefrontal cortex pfc
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