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Trial reportNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2024

Acute effects of different types of cannabis on young adult and adolescent resting-state brain networks.

Natalie Ertl, Tom P Freeman, Claire Mokrysz, Shelan Ofori, Anna Borissova, Kat Petrilli, H Valerie Curran, Will Lawn, Matthew B Wall

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Trial report in Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Genetic pleiotropy differentially linking brain variation to cannabis use and cannabis use disorder.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  4. Dissociable effects of LSD and MDMA on striato-cortical connectivity in healthy subjects.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Natalie ErtlInvicro London, Burlington Danes Building, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, W12 0NN, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9010-1870
Tom P FreemanClinical Psychopharmacology Unit, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, WC1E 7HB, London, UK.
Claire MokryszClinical Psychopharmacology Unit, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, WC1E 7HB, London, UK.
Shelan OforiClinical Psychopharmacology Unit, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, WC1E 7HB, London, UK.
Anna BorissovaClinical Psychopharmacology Unit, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, WC1E 7HB, London, UK.
Kat PetrilliAddiction and Mental Health Group (AIM), Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
H Valerie CurranClinical Psychopharmacology Unit, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, WC1E 7HB, London, UK.
Will LawnClinical Psychopharmacology Unit, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, WC1E 7HB, London, UK.
Matthew B WallInvicro London, Burlington Danes Building, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, W12 0NN, London, UK. matthew.wall@imperial.ac.uk.

Funding

RCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) MR/P012728/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adolescence is a time of rapid neurodevelopment and the endocannabinoid system is particularly prone to change during this time. Cannabis is a commonly used drug with a particularly high prevalence of use among adolescents. The two predominant phytocannabinoids are Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), which affect the endocannabinoid system. It is unknown whether this period of rapid development makes adolescents more or less vulnerable to the effects of cannabis on brain-network connectivity, and whether CBD may attenuate the effects of THC. Using fMRI, we explored the impact of vaporized cannabis (placebo, THC: 8 mg/75 kg, THC + CBD: 8 mg/75 kg THC & 24 mg/75 kg CBD) on resting-state networks in groups of semi-regular cannabis users (usage frequency between 0.5 and 3 days/week), consisting of 22 adolescents (16-17 years) and 24 young adults (26-29 years) matched for cannabis use frequency. Cannabis caused reductions in within-network connectivity in the default mode (F[2,88] = 3.97, P = 0.022, η² = 0.018), executive control (F[2,88] = 18.62, P < 0.001, η² = 0.123), salience (F[2,88] = 12.12, P < 0.001, η² = 0.076), hippocampal (F[2,88] = 14.65, P < 0.001, η² = 0.087), and limbic striatal (F[2,88] = 16.19, P < 0.001, η² = 0.102) networks compared to placebo. Whole-brain analysis showed cannabis significantly disrupted functional connectivity with cortical regions and the executive control, salience, hippocampal, and limbic striatal networks compared to placebo. CBD did not counteract THC's effects and further reduced connectivity both within networks and the whole brain. While age-related differences were observed, there were no interactions between age group and cannabis treatment in any brain network. Overall, these results challenge the assumption that CBD can make cannabis safer, as CBD did not attenuate THC effects (and in some cases potentiated them); furthermore, they show that cannabis causes similar disruption to resting-state connectivity in the adolescent and adult brain.

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BrainCannabidiolDronabinolMagnetic Resonance ImagingAdolescentAdultCannabisDefault Mode NetworkFemaleHumansMaleNerve NetRestYoung AdultCannabidiolDronabinol

Identifiers

PMID38806583
PMCPMC11319659

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