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ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2019

Acute Cannabinoids Produce Robust Anxiety-Like and Locomotor Effects in Mice, but Long-Term Consequences Are Age- and Sex-Dependent.

Chelsea R Kasten, Yanping Zhang, Stephen L Boehm

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Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chelsea R KastenDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States.
Yanping ZhangDepartment of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Stephen L BoehmDepartment of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · US

Funding

Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences InstituteUL1TR001108 · NCATS · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI DENNE, SCOTT C., SHEKHAR, ANANTHA · 2013 to 2017
$23.3M
TRAINING GRANT ON GENETICS ASPECTS OF ALCOHOLISMT32AA007462 · NIAAA · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI CRISTINE L CZACHOWSKI · 1985 to 2026
$10.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001108NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA007462
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rise in cannabinoid legalization and decriminalization in the US has been paired with an increase in adolescents that perceive marijuana as a "no risk" drug. However, a comprehensive review of human literature indicates that cannabinoid usage may have both beneficial and detrimental effects, with adolescent exposure being a critical window for harming cognitive development. Although the cannabinoids Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) are often used together for recreational and medical purposes, no study has previously observed the acute and long-lasting effects of THC+CBD in a battery of behavioral assays analogous to subjective human reports. The current study observed the acute and long-term effects of THC, CBD, and THC+CBD on object recognition memory, anxiety-like behavior, and activity levels in adolescent and adult mice of both sexes. Acute THC alone and in combination with CBD resulted in robust effects on anxiety-like and locomotor behavior. A history of repeated cannabinoid treatment followed by a period without drug administration resulted in minimal effects in these behavioral assays. Most notably, the strongest effects of repeated cannabinoid treatment were seen in adult females administered THC+CBD, which significantly impaired their object recognition. No effects of repeated cannabinoid history were present on hippocampal protein expression. These studies represent a detailed examination of age- and sex-effects of acute and repeated cannabinoid administration. However, the acute and long-term effects of THC with and without CBD on additional behaviors in adolescents and adults will need to be examined for a more complete picture of these drug effects.

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anxietycannabinoidscognitionmicesedationsex differencesTHC

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PMID30842732
PMCPMC6391357
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