A growing evidentiary body indicates cannabinoid exposure is conducive to cognitive impairment and psychotic phenomena in vulnerable individuals. In this respect, recent studies have displayed controversial results on the ability of cannabinoids to elicit sensorimotor gating alterations and attentional filtering, whose disruption is a distinctive feature of psychosis.
Department of Neuroscience B.B. Brodie, Center of Excellence Neurobiology of Dependence, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, S.S. 554 Km 4,500, 09042, Monserrato, CA, Italy. marco.bortolato@inwind.it
