Cannabis use in early adolescence: Evidence of amygdala hypersensitivity to signals of threat

Highlights • Teenagers experimenting with cannabis may be characterized with fMRI.• We report a face processing study of cannabis experimenting teenagers.• Cannabis experimenting teenagers exhibit greater amygdala reactivity to angry faces.• Very low use of cannabis during adolescence may impact healthy emotional development.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

• Publication date

  2015-08-28

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.dcn.2015.08.007PMID 26347227PMCID 4801124
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