Neurobiological consequences of maternal cannabis on human fetal development and its neuropsychiatric outcome

European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

Despite the high prevalence of marijuana use among pregnant women and adolescents, the impact of cannabis on the developing brain is still not well understood. However, growing evidence supports that the endocannabinoid system plays a major role in CNS patterning in structures relevant for mood, cognition, and reward, such as the mesocorticolimbic system. It is thus clear that exposure to cannabis during early ontogeny is not benign and potential compensatory mechanisms that might be expected to…

Released at: 22.09.2020, written by webmaster_popp

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