Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
RAND Corporation.
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2024 Oct;32(5):566-578. doi: 10.1037/pha0000722. Epub 2024 May 16.
Adolescent substance use is linked with negative future outcomes (e.g., depression, anxiety, substance use disorder). Given that the brain undergoes significant maturation during adolescence, this developmental period may represent a time of particular vulnerability to substance use. Neuroimaging research has largely focused on heavy or binge patterns of substance use; thus, relatively less is known about the neural impact of a broader range of adolescent substance use. Characterizing the neural impact of a broader range of adolescent substance use may inform prevention and treatment efforts. The present study investigated relationships between adolescent substance use trajectories (i.e., alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis) and gray matter volume in young adulthood. Substance use was assessed in 1,594 participants at ages 11, 13, 16, and 19. Following the last assessment, 320 participants completed a single magnetic resonance imaging session to assess brain gray matter volume. Latent growth curve models were used to estimate growth parameters characterizing alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use trajectories for each participant. These growth parameters (i.e., intercept, linear slope, and quadratic slope) were then used as predictors of gray matter volume. The gray matter volume of the hippocampus was positively associated with age 14 alcohol use (i.e., intercept) but not other trajectories (i.e., progression or acceleration) or substances (tobacco or cannabis). These results provide new insight into the neural impact of distinct adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use trajectories, which may help to refine prevention and treatment efforts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
青少年物质使用与负面的未来结果(例如抑郁、焦虑、物质使用障碍)有关。鉴于大脑在青少年时期经历了显著的成熟,这个发展阶段可能是对物质使用特别脆弱的时期。神经影像学研究主要集中在大量或 binge 模式的物质使用上;因此,对于更广泛的青少年物质使用的神经影响知之甚少。描述更广泛的青少年物质使用的神经影响可能为预防和治疗工作提供信息。本研究调查了青少年物质使用轨迹(即酒精、烟草和大麻)与成年早期灰质体积之间的关系。在 11、13、16 和 19 岁时,对 1594 名参与者进行了物质使用评估。最后一次评估后,320 名参与者完成了一次磁共振成像扫描,以评估大脑灰质体积。潜在增长曲线模型用于估计每个参与者的酒精、烟草和大麻使用轨迹的增长参数。这些增长参数(即截距、线性斜率和二次斜率)随后被用作灰质体积的预测因子。海马体的灰质体积与 14 岁时的酒精使用(即截距)呈正相关,但与其他轨迹(即进展或加速)或物质(烟草或大麻)无关。这些结果为不同的青少年酒精、烟草和大麻使用轨迹的神经影响提供了新的见解,这可能有助于完善预防和治疗工作。(PsycInfo 数据库记录(c)2024 APA,保留所有权利)。