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Marijuana is A Potential Risk to Teen Brains Predisposed to Schizophrenia
Neuroscience News October 25 2023
Summary: Researchers studied the effects of THC, marijuana’s main psychoactive compound, on adolescent mouse brains.
The study found THC-induced structural changes in microglia, specialized brain immune cells, possibly aggravating a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia. The mice treated with THC showed a 33% higher reduction in microglial cells in certain brain regions compared to control mice.
These findings shed light on the potential risks of marijuana use in teenagers, especially those with a genetic susceptibility to psychiatric disorders.
These findings shed light on the potential risks of marijuana use in teenagers, especially those with a genetic susceptibility to psychiatric disorders.
Key Facts:
The study discovered structural changes in the microglia of mouse brains exposed to THC during adolescence, which might worsen a genetic risk for schizophrenia.
Mice with a certain genetic mutation exposed to THC showed a 33% higher reduction in microglia in the brain’s prefrontal cortex compared to normal mice.
The genetically altered mice given THC scored 40% lower on social memory tests than their saline-treated counterparts.
Source: Johns Hopkins University
In a mouse study designed to explore the impact of marijuana’s major psychoactive compound, THC, on teenage brains, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they found changes to the structure of microglia, which are specialized brain immune cells, that may worsen a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia.
The findings, published Oct. 25 in Nature Communications, add to growing evidence of risk to brain development in adolescents who smoke or eat marijuana products.
# MarijuanaLinkToSchizophrenia
https://neurosciencenews.com/thc-teen-schizophrenia-24987/
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Neuroscience News October 25 2023
Summary: Researchers studied the effects of THC, marijuana’s main psychoactive compound, on adolescent mouse brains.
The study found THC-induced structural changes in microglia, specialized brain immune cells, possibly aggravating a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia. The mice treated with THC showed a 33% higher reduction in microglial cells in certain brain regions compared to control mice.
These findings shed light on the potential risks of marijuana use in teenagers, especially those with a genetic susceptibility to psychiatric disorders.
These findings shed light on the potential risks of marijuana use in teenagers, especially those with a genetic susceptibility to psychiatric disorders.
Key Facts:
The study discovered structural changes in the microglia of mouse brains exposed to THC during adolescence, which might worsen a genetic risk for schizophrenia.
Mice with a certain genetic mutation exposed to THC showed a 33% higher reduction in microglia in the brain’s prefrontal cortex compared to normal mice.
The genetically altered mice given THC scored 40% lower on social memory tests than their saline-treated counterparts.
Source: Johns Hopkins University
In a mouse study designed to explore the impact of marijuana’s major psychoactive compound, THC, on teenage brains, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they found changes to the structure of microglia, which are specialized brain immune cells, that may worsen a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia.
The findings, published Oct. 25 in Nature Communications, add to growing evidence of risk to brain development in adolescents who smoke or eat marijuana products.
# MarijuanaLinkToSchizophrenia
https://neurosciencenews.com/thc-teen-schizophrenia-24987/
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