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Grey matter alterations associated with cannabis use: Results of a VBM study in heavy cannabis users and healthy controls
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Cannabis abuse is related to impairments in a broad range of cognitive functions. However, studies on cannabis abuse in relation to brain structure are sparse and results are inconsistent, probably due to differences in imaging methodology, severity of cannabis abuse, and use of other substances. The goal of the current MRI study was to investigate brain morphology related to current and lifetime severity of cannabis use and dependence in heavy cannabis users without intensive use of other illicit drugs. Voxel-based morphometry was used to assess differences in regional grey and white matter volume between 33 heavy cannabis users and 42 matched controls. Within heavy cannabis users, grey and white matter volume was correlated with measures of cannabis use and dependence. Analyses were focused a priori on the orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, striatum, amygdala, hippocampus, and cerebellum, regions implicated in substance dependence and/or with high cannabinoid receptor-1 concentrations. Regional grey matter volume in the anterior cerebellum was larger in heavy cannabis users. Within the group of heavy cannabis users, grey matter volume in the amygdala and hippocampus correlated negatively with the amount of cannabis use or dependence. No associations were found between white matter volume and measures of cannabis use or dependence. These findings indicate that associations between heavy cannabis use and altered brain structure are complex. Differential patterns of structural changes for various cannabis use levels imply that alterations in brain structure are associated with specific characteristics of cannabis use and dependence.
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“Studies examining the relationship between cannabis abuse and white matter microstructure have yielded conflicting results (Cousijn et al., 2012).”
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“Previous sMRI study on chronic HCU identified GMV decrease in frontal, temporal and left occipital gyrus when compared with healthy controls.60 Interestingly, Cousinjn et al.36 found that in HCU, GMV of the amygdala and hippocampus are negatively correlated with the amount of cannabis use.”
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“In contrast, another consistent finding was increased gray matter volume in the cerebellum (Battistella, 2014, Cousijn, 2012, Koenders, 2016), but the functional significance of this adaptation remains uncertain.”
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“which correlated with amount of cannabis used and dependence severity (70, 73).”
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“Duration of heavy use may have played a role in the discrepancy of these findings, with longer duration of heavy use driving reduced hippocampi.(2,10,12,60,61) This is unsurprising given the direct association between cannabinoid exposure and receptor organization on the hippocampus.”
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“This preprocessing step has been used in a variety of imaging studies for enhancing segmentation-based protocols including hippocampal and ventricle segmentation [60], voxel-based morphometry in cannabis users [61], and anterior temporal lobe gray matter volume in bilingual adults [62].”
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“This is in clear contrast to previous research, where disrupted GM was observed to be related with several SUD, for example alcoholism (63), cocaine use (20), and cannabis use (23).”
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“Cannabis and matched neutral images were selected from online searches and stimuli sets used in prior cannabis studies (Cousijn et al. 2012; Asmaro, Carolan & Liotti 2014; Vujanovic et al. 2016).”
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“…magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies in substance use disorders have shown that regular drug use causes extensive morphological brain changes (Cousijn et al., 2012; Daumann et al., 2011; Fritz et al., 2014; Tolomeo, Gray, Matthews, Steele, & Baldacchino, 2016), and these alterations are…”
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“Scanner details are documented in the Supplementary Table 1, and by the original research groups (Batalla et al., 2013; Cousijn et al., 2012; Yücel et al., 2016, 2008).”
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FMRI activation to cannabis odor cues is altered in individuals at risk for a cannabis use disorder
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“…in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), orbital frontal cortex (OFC), striatum, insula, cerebellum, thalamus, pre- and postcentral gyri, inferior parietal lobe, and superior temporal gyrus (Cousijn et al., 2012; Filbey, Schacht, Myers, Chavez, & Hutchison, 2009).”
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“Email: Paul.allen@roehampton.ac.uk across cannabis-using and non-cannabis-using groups (e.g. Cousijn et al., 2012; Yücel et al., 2008).”
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BackgroundA preliminary study of the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on brain structure in patients with epilepsy
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“In young-adult heavy cannabis users, gray matter volume in the hippocampus and amygdala is negatively correlated with the amount of cannabis use.(45) Cerebral blood flow has been observed to be reduced in several cortical regions in otherwise healthy adolescent cannabis users, including left superior and middle tempor…”
BackgroundXu, H., Li, Y., & Yin, B. (2022) · Journal of Psychiatric Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.06.037 · Cited by 13
Kashyap, R., Bhattacharjee, S., Bharath, R. D., Venkatasubramanian, G., Udupa, K., Bashir, S., Oishi, K., Desmond, J. E., Chen, S. A., & Guan, C. (2022) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2022.952602 · Cited by 12
“However, studies have reported that age and sex can influence the volumetric results (Cousijn et al., 2012).”
BackgroundMethodEffects of prenatal synthetic cannabinoid exposure on the cerebellum of adolescent rat offspring
Pinky, P. D., Majrashi, M., Fujihashi, A., Bloemer, J., Govindarajulu, M., Ramesh, S., Reed, M. N., Moore, T., Suppiramaniam, V. D., & Dhanasekaran, M. (2021) · Heliyon · doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06730 · Cited by 12
“This is in line with other studies which showed absence of volumetric reductions in the cerebellum (Cousijn et al., 2012).”
ResultStructural correlates of sensorimotor dysfunction in heavy cannabis users
Wolf, R. C., Werler, F., Wittemann, M., Schmitgen, M. M., Kubera, K. M., Wolf, N. D., Reith, W., & Hirjak, D. (2021) · Addiction Biology · doi:10.1111/adb.13032 · Cited by 12
Cannabis, Cannabinoids, and the Association with Psychosis
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“Indeed, considerable evidence indicated that chronic THC exposure can induce profound morphological abnormalities in the Hipp similar to those observed in schizophrenia patients, such as a reduction of gray matter, volumetric changes [6, 7], and impairments in axonal connectivity [8].”
BackgroundFunctional correlates of neurological soft signs in heavy cannabis users
Wolf, R. C., Werler, F., Schmitgen, M. M., Wolf, N. D., Wittemann, M., Reith, W., & Hirjak, D. (2023) · Addiction Biology · doi:10.1111/adb.13270 · Cited by 11
Structural imaging for addiction medicine
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Is there sufficient evidence that cannabis use is a risk factor for psychosis?
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Reduction in hippocampal volumes subsequent to heavy cannabis use: a 3-year longitudinal study
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Cerebellar thickness changes associated with heavy cannabis use: A 3‐year longitudinal study
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“For more detailed information about the participants, see Cousijn et al.19”
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Neuroimagem na dependência de jogos eletrônicos: uma revisão sistemática
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Canabis-induced Moto-cognitive Dysfunction in Wistar Rats: Ameliorative Efficacy of Nigella Sativa
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“The hippocampal pathologies observed in this study following cannabis administration in the CA1 and CA3 pyramidal neurons and the Nissl granulation can be supported by studies reporting distinct hippocampal morphological alterations in rats and humans following cannabis toxicity, including the presence of dark neurons…”
BackgroundCannabis Use Disorders and Altered Brain Morphology: Where Is the Evidence?
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Self-citationMultisystemic Increment of Cortical Thickness in Congenital Blind Children
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Efectos neuropsicológicos del consumo de cannabis
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“Structural cortical abnormalities have consistently been found in people with SUDs and CUD (Chye et al., 2021; Chye et al., 2019; Cousijn et al., 2012; Lorenzetti et al., 2019; Lorenzetti et al., 2020).”
BackgroundIs treated HIV infection still toxic to the brain?
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“The data is most consistent around the hippocampus were males with a history of chronic cannabis use present with reduced hippocampal volume and gray matter density (Matochik et al., 2005; Yucel et al., 2008; Demirakca et al., 2011; Cousijn et al., 2012; Wang et al., 2021a).”
BackgroundUsing UK Biobank data to establish population-specific atlases from whole body MRI
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Personalized Dose Selection for Treatment of Patients with Neuropsychiatric Disorders Using tDCS
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“This step corrected for individual differences in brain size [40].”
Metadata
- Authors
- Cousijn, J., Wiers, R. W., Ridderinkhof, K. R., van den Brink, W., Veltman, D. J., & Goudriaan, A. E.
- Affiliations
- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Cousijn, Janna
- Venue
- NeuroImage
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-02
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 3845-3851
- ISSN
- 1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2064378998
- Cited by
- 287
- References
- 80
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 29 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 11.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
- Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research–Health Research and Development, ZON-Mw
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Keywords
- cannabis use, cannabis use disorder, heavy cannabis users, gray matter volume, white matter volume, brain structure, orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, striatum, amygdala, hippocampus, cerebellum, CB1 receptor, substance dependence, cognitive impairment
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Brain, Marijuana Abuse, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Organ Size, Severity of Illness Index, Young Adult, Neuroimaging
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