Cannabis use impacts pre-stimulus neural activity in the visual cortices of people with HIV. Christopher-Hayes, N. J, Lew, B. J, Wiesman, A. I, Schantell, M., O'Neill, J., May, P. E, Swindells, S., & Wilson, T. W Hum. Brain Mapp., 42(16):5446–5457, Wiley, November, 2021. abstract bibtex People with HIV (PWH) use cannabis at a higher rate than the general population, but the influence on neural activity is not well characterized. Cannabis use among PWH may have a beneficial effect, as neuroinflammation is known to be a critical problem in PWH and cannabis use has been associated with a reduction in proinflammatory markers. Thus, it is important to understand the net impact of cannabis use on brain and cognitive function in PWH. In this study, we collected magnetoencephalographic (MEG) brain imaging data on 81 participants split across four demographically matched groups (i.e., PWH using cannabis, controls using cannabis, non-using PWH, and non-using controls). Participants completed a visuospatial processing task during MEG. Time-frequency resolved voxel time series were extracted to identify the dynamics of oscillatory and pre-stimulus baseline neural activity. Our results indicated strong theta (4-8 Hz), alpha (10-16 Hz), and gamma (62-72 Hz) visual oscillations in parietal-occipital brain regions across all participants. PWH exhibited significant behavioral deficits in visuospatial processing, as well as reduced theta oscillations and elevated pre-stimulus gamma activity in visual cortices, all of which replicate prior work. Strikingly, chronic cannabis use was associated with a significant reduction in pre-stimulus gamma activity in the visual cortices, such that PWH no longer statistically differed from controls. These results provide initial evidence that cannabis use may normalize some neural aberrations in PWH. This study fills an important gap in understanding the impact of cannabis use on brain and cognitive function in PWH.
@ARTICLE{Christopher-Hayes2021-qq,
title = "Cannabis use impacts pre-stimulus neural activity in the visual
cortices of people with {HIV}",
author = "Christopher-Hayes, Nicholas J and Lew, Brandon J and Wiesman,
Alex I and Schantell, Mikki and O'Neill, Jennifer and May,
Pamela E and Swindells, Susan and Wilson, Tony W",
abstract = "People with HIV (PWH) use cannabis at a higher rate than the
general population, but the influence on neural activity is not
well characterized. Cannabis use among PWH may have a beneficial
effect, as neuroinflammation is known to be a critical problem
in PWH and cannabis use has been associated with a reduction in
proinflammatory markers. Thus, it is important to understand the
net impact of cannabis use on brain and cognitive function in
PWH. In this study, we collected magnetoencephalographic (MEG)
brain imaging data on 81 participants split across four
demographically matched groups (i.e., PWH using cannabis,
controls using cannabis, non-using PWH, and non-using controls).
Participants completed a visuospatial processing task during
MEG. Time-frequency resolved voxel time series were extracted to
identify the dynamics of oscillatory and pre-stimulus baseline
neural activity. Our results indicated strong theta (4-8 Hz),
alpha (10-16 Hz), and gamma (62-72 Hz) visual oscillations in
parietal-occipital brain regions across all participants. PWH
exhibited significant behavioral deficits in visuospatial
processing, as well as reduced theta oscillations and elevated
pre-stimulus gamma activity in visual cortices, all of which
replicate prior work. Strikingly, chronic cannabis use was
associated with a significant reduction in pre-stimulus gamma
activity in the visual cortices, such that PWH no longer
statistically differed from controls. These results provide
initial evidence that cannabis use may normalize some neural
aberrations in PWH. This study fills an important gap in
understanding the impact of cannabis use on brain and cognitive
function in PWH.",
journal = "Hum. Brain Mapp.",
publisher = "Wiley",
volume = 42,
number = 16,
pages = "5446--5457",
month = nov,
year = 2021,
keywords = "MEG; gamma; magnetoencephalography; neural oscillations;
neurocognitive decline; visuospatial processing",
copyright = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
language = "en"
}
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