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SUBMITTER: Yeh CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7730843 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yeh Chien-Lin CL Levar Nina N Broos Hannah C HC Dechert Alyson A Potter Kevin K Evins A Eden AE Gilman Jodi M JM
Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging 20191114
Marijuana (MJ) use and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have both been associated with abnormalities in brain white matter tracts, including the cingulum and the anterior thalamic radiations (ATR), which project from subcortical regions to frontal cortex. Studies have not assessed the integrity of these tracts in patients with comorbid PTSD and MJ use. To examine effects of PTSD and MJ use on brain structure, we performed diffusion tensor imaging scans on seventy-two trauma-exposed particip ...[more]