Preliminary findings demonstrating latent effects of early adolescent marijuana use onset on cortical architecture

Abstract Early onset MJ use was associated with different patterns of cortical architecture. Early vs. late onset divergence was in brain regions underlying higher-order cognition. Findings were above and beyond effects of alcohol and current age. Article type: Research Article Keywords: Adolescence, Marijuana, Cortical thickness, Gyrification, Morphology, FreeSurfer Authors: Francesca M. Filbey, Tim McQueeny, Samuel J. DeWitt, Virendra Mishra Affiliations: Center for BrainHealth, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, United States; Advance MRI, LLC,