期刊
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 224, 期 1, 页码 128-134出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.05.031
关键词
Adolescence; Anxiety; Depression; Development; Gender; Marijuana; Structural MRI
资金
- National Institute on Drug Abuse [DA15228, DA21182, DA27457, R21 DA15228, R01 DA21182, F32 DA20206, R03 DA27457]
- University of Cincinnati URC
Adolescent developments in limbic structures and the endogenous cannabinoid system suggest that teenagers may be more vulnerable to the negative consequences of marijuana use. This study examined the relationships between amygdala volume and internalizing symptoms in teenaged chronic marijuana users. Participants were 35 marijuana users and 47 controls ages 16-19 years. Exclusions included psychiatric (e.g., mood and anxiety) or neurologic disorders. Substance use, internalizing (anxiety/depression) symptoms and brain scans were collected after 28 days of monitored abstinence. Reliable raters manually traced amygdala and intracranial volumes on high-resolution magnetic resonance images. Female marijuana users had larger right amygdala volumes and more internalizing symptoms than female controls, after covarying head size, alcohol, nicotine and other substance use (p < 0.05), while male users had similar volumes as male controls. For female controls and males, worse mood/anxiety was linked to smaller right amygdala volume (p < 0.05), whereas more internalizing problems was associated with bigger right amygdala in female marijuana users. Gender interactions may reflect marijuana-related interruptions to sex-specific neuromaturational processes and staging. Subtle amygdala development abnormalities may underlie particular vulnerabilities to sub-diagnostic depression and anxiety in teenage female marijuana users. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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