Marijuana use among adolescents is associated with deleterious alterations in mature BDNF

With increases in marijuana use and legalization efforts, it is imperative to establish its impact on the developing brain. Therefore, we investigated whether exposure to marijuana alters brain derived neurotropic-factor (BDNF), given its critical role in brain development and plasticity. We then examined whether onset age of cannabis use was associated with more severe changes. Miguez MJ et al. (2019) Marijuana use among adolescents is associated with deleterious alterations in mature BDNF. AIMS Public Health 6(1): 4–14.: doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2019.1.4. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Sections of the Abstract and Introduction are presented in the Podcast. Access the full-text article here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433615/