2018
Substance‐use initiation moderates the effect of stress on white‐matter microstructure in adolescents
Zhai ZW, Yip SW, Morie KP, Sinha R, Mayes LC, Potenza MN. Substance‐use initiation moderates the effect of stress on white‐matter microstructure in adolescents. American Journal On Addictions 2018, 27: 217-224. PMID: 29569312, PMCID: PMC6033512, DOI: 10.1111/ajad.12710.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
White-matter crossing-fiber microstructure in adolescents prenatally exposed to cocaine
Morie KP, Yip SW, Zhai ZW, Xu J, Hamilton KR, Sinha R, Mayes LC, Potenza MN. White-matter crossing-fiber microstructure in adolescents prenatally exposed to cocaine. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2017, 174: 23-29. PMID: 28292689, PMCID: PMC5555052, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.01.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal cocaine exposureSuperior longitudinal fasciculusPCE adolescentsCrossing-fiber modelsGroup differencesWhole-brain investigationNon-exposed youthWhole-brain analysisSignificant group differencesAltered white matter developmentLeft superior longitudinal fasciculusRisk-taking behaviorNeurobiological underpinningsWhite matter developmentWhite matter microstructureSubstance useWhite matter differencesWhite matter regionsAdolescentsDiffusion-weighted imaging dataCocaine exposureLongitudinal cohortBilateral cingulumCorpus callosumROI analysis