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Impact of cannabis use on thalamic volume in people at familial high risk of schizophrenia.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Nov 2011
Welch Killian A, Stanfield Andrew C, McIntosh Andrew M, Whalley Heather C, Job Dominic E, Moorhead Thomas W, Owens David G C, Lawrie Stephen M, Johnstone Eve C
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BACKGROUND: No longitudinal study has yet examined the association between substance use and brain volume changes in a population at high risk of schizophrenia. AIMS: To examine the effects of cannabis on longitudinal thalamus and amygdala-hippocampal complex volumes within a population at high risk of schizophrenia. METHOD: Magnetic resonance imaging scans were obtained from individuals at high genetic risk of...
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