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Lack of Hippocampal Volume Change in Long-term Heavy Cannabis Users 

Authors: Golfo K. Tzilos a;  Christina B. Cintron a;  Jonas B. R. Wood a;  Norah S. Simpson a;  Ashley D. Young a;  Harrison G. Pope Jr. b; Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd a
Affiliations:   a Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Mass
b Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brain Imaging Center, and the Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Mass
DOI: 10.1080/10550490590899862
Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year
Published in: journal American Journal on Addictions, Volume 14, Issue 1 January 2005 , pages 64 - 72
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Abstract

The effects of cannabis smoking on the morphology of the hippocampus are still unclear, especially because previous human studies have examined primarily younger, shorter-term users. We used magnetic resonance imaging to investigate these effects in a group of 22 older, long-term cannabis users (reporting a mean [SD] of 20,100 [13,900] lifetime episodes of smoking) and 26 comparison subjects with no history of cannabis abuse or dependence. When compared to control subjects, smokers displayed no significant adjusted differences in volumes of gray matter, white matter, cerebrospinal fluid, or left and right hippocampus. Moreover, hippocampal volume in cannabis users was not associated with age of onset of use nor total lifetime episodes of use. These findings are consistent with recent literature suggesting that cannabis use is not associated with structural changes within the brain as a whole or the hippocampus in particular.
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