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Relationship between marijuana and myelin sheaths ?

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Dr. Leonard Lado answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Brain and marijuana: Ashtari et al have found adolescents and young adults who are heavy users of marijuana are more likely than non-users to have disrupted brain developmen and found abnormalities in areas of the brain that interconnect brain regions involved in memory, attention, decision-making, language and executive functioning skills. Myelin sheath are found in white matter circuits necessary for normal functio.

Answered 1/8/2016

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