Discriminative Properties of Hippocampal Hypoperfusion in Marijuana Users Compared to Healthy Controls: Implications for Marijuana Administration in Alzheimer's Dementia.

Background: Few studies have evaluated the impact of marijuana use on regional cerebral blood flow.Objective: To determine whether perfusion in specific brain regions on functional neuroimaging, including those affected by Alzheimer's disease pathology, are abnormal in marijuana users compared to co...

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Publicado en:Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 261 - 274
Autores principales: Amen, Daniel G., Darmal, Borhan, Raji, Cyrus A., Bao, Weining, Jorandby, Lantie, Meysami, Somayeh, Raghavendra, Cauligi S.
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2017
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          Amen, Daniel G.
          Darmal, Borhan
          Raji, Cyrus A.
          Bao, Weining
          Jorandby, Lantie
          Meysami, Somayeh
          Raghavendra, Cauligi S.
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          Hippocampus
          Cerebrovascular Circulation Physiology
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          Adolescence
          Perfusion Imaging
          ROC Curve
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          Aged, 80 and Over
          Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
          Image Processing, Computer Assisted
          Psychotic Disorders Epidemiology
          Retrospective Design
          Young Adult
          Psychotic Disorders
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          Female
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          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Aged, 80 & over
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
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      ab: Background: Few studies have evaluated the impact of marijuana use on regional cerebral blood flow.Objective: To determine whether perfusion in specific brain regions on functional neuroimaging, including those affected by Alzheimer's disease pathology, are abnormal in marijuana users compared to controls.Method: Persons with a diagnosis of cannabis use disorder by DSM-IV and DSM-V criteria (n = 982) were compared to controls (n = 92) with perfusion neuroimaging with SPECT at rest and at a concentration task. Perfusion estimates were quantified using a standard atlas. Cerebral perfusion differences were calculated using one-way ANOVA. Diagnostic separation was determined with discriminant analysis of all subjects. Feature selection with a minimum redundancy maximum relevancy (mRMR) identified predictive regions in a subset of marijuana users (n = 436) with reduced psychiatric co-morbidities.Results: Marijuana users showed lower cerebral perfusion on average (p < 0.05). Discriminant analysis distinguished marijuana users from controls with correct classification of 96% and leave one out cross-validation of 92%. With concentration SPECT regions, there was correct classification of 95% with a leave-one-out cross validation of 90%. AUC analysis for concentration SPECT regions showed 95% accuracy, 90% sensitivity, and 83% specificity. The mRMR analysis showed right hippocampal hypoperfusion on concentration SPECT imaging was the most predictive in separating marijuana subjects from controls.Conclusion: Multiple brain regions show low perfusion on SPECT in marijuana users. The most predictive region distinguishing marijuana users from healthy controls, the hippocampus, is a key target of Alzheimer's disease pathology. This study raises the possibility of deleterious brain effects of marijuana use.
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