Cannabis Use and Cognitive Functioning Across the Lifespan

MH Meier, MF Olive, OA Jenks, SR Wernik - Current Addiction Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To examine the acute and long-term effects of cannabis use on
cognitive functioning across the lifespan, and to evaluate the evidence for the hypothesis of …

Can gray matter loss in early adolescence be explained by white matter growth?

JA Chad, C Lebel - Human Brain Mapping, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental puzzle about brain development is why the volume of gray matter (GM)
apparently declines as white matter (WM) grows when children enter adolescence. Since …

Cannabis and Pregnancy

N Bespalova, G Bunt, KP Hill - Current Psychiatry Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We review recent evidence describing the effects of prenatal
exposure to cannabis in pregnant individuals. Recent Findings In the context of changing …

Prenatal cannabis exposure is associated with alterations in offspring DNA methylation at genes involved in neurodevelopment, across the life course

AJ Noble, AT Adams, J Satsangi, JM Boden… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Prenatal cannabis exposure (PCE) is of increasing concern globally, due to the potential
impact on offspring neurodevelopment, and its association with childhood and adolescent …

Oral pre‐and early postnatal cannabis exposure disinhibits ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron activity but does not influence cocaine preference in offspring in …

CS Peterson, SL Baglot, NA Sallam… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cannabis consumption has increased from 1.5% to 2.5% in Canada between 2012 and
2019. Clinical studies have indicated effects of prenatal cannabis exposure on birth weight …

[HTML][HTML] The first “hit” to the endocannabinoid system? Associations between prenatal cannabis exposure and frontolimbic white matter pathways in children

JM Evanski, CG Zundel, SL Baglot, S Desai… - … Psychiatry Global Open …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Cannabis is the most used federally illicit substance among pregnant people in
the United States. However, emerging preclinical data show that a significant portion of …

Prenatal substance exposure and child health: Understanding the role of environmental factors, genetics, and brain development

Z Gu, DM Barch, Q Luo - PNAS nexus, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Prenatal substance exposure (PSE) has been linked to adverse health outcomes, but its
interactions with environmental and genetic factors remain unclear. Using data from the …

What's next for the field of multigenerational mental health? The need for deep behavioral phenotyping via a prenatal mental health registry

E Conradt, S Carter, SE Crowell - Development and …, 2024 - cambridge.org
From its inception, development and psychopathology theorists have sought to uncover the
earliest forms of risk for mental health challenges in children, to prevent the development of …

Unsupervised machine learning for identifying attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder subtypes based on cognitive function and their implications for brain structure

M Yamashita, Q Shou, Y Mizuno - Psychological Medicine, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundStructural anomalies in the frontal lobe and basal ganglia have been reported in
patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, these findings have …

Association of chronotype with language and episodic memory processing in children: implications for brain structure

M Yamashita, Q Shou, Y Mizuno - Frontiers in Integrative …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Chronotype refers to individual preference in circadian cycles and is associated
with psychiatric problems. It is mainly classified into early (those who prefer to be active in …