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Overview

Nadia Solowij is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience with significant contributions in subfields such as Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Epidemiology, and Physiology.

The main topics in their body of work include:

  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders

Frequent publication venues for Nadia Solowij's work are:

  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Psychopharmacology
  • The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Collaborations with other researchers include frequent coauthors such as:

  • Valentina Lorenzetti
  • Murat Yücel
  • Janna Cousijn
  • Chao Suo
  • Lisa-Marie Greenwood

Notable recent publications include:

  • Consensus paper of the WFSBP task force on cannabis, cannabinoids and psychosis, 2022, The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
  • Sex differences in the neuroanatomy of alcohol dependence: hippocampus and amygdala subregions in a sample of 966 people from the ENIGMA Addiction Working Group, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • Mapping cortical and subcortical asymmetries in substance dependence: Findings from the ENIGMA Addiction Working Group, 2021, Addiction Biology
  • Cannabis, Cannabinoids, and Brain Morphology: A Review of the Evidence, 2020, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • Cannabidiol induces autophagy and improves neuronal health associated with SIRT1 mediated longevity, 2022, GeroScience

Best Publications

  • Adverse effects of cannabis

    Wayne Hall;Nadia Solowij

  • Cognitive functioning of long-term heavy cannabis users seeking treatment.

    Nadia Solowij;Robert S Stephens;Roger A Roffman;Thomas Babor

  • Acute and Chronic Effects of Cannabinoids on Human Cognition—A Systematic Review

    Samantha J. Broyd;Hendrika H. van Hell;Camilla Beale;Murat Yücel

  • Regional brain abnormalities associated with long-term heavy cannabis use.

    Murat Yucel;Nadia Solowij;Colleen Respondek;Sarah Whittle

  • Recreational MDMA use in Sydney: a profile of ecstasy users and their experiences with the drug

    Nadia Solowij;Wayne Hall;Nicole Lee

  • The Chronic Effects of Cannabis on Memory in Humans: A Review

    Nadia Solowij;Robert Battisti

  • Ecstasy use in Australia: patterns of use and associated harm.

    Libby Topp;Julie Hando;Paul Dillon;Ann Roche

  • Cannabis and Cognitive Functioning

    Nadia Solowij

  • Effect of long-term cannabis use on axonal fibre connectivity

    Andrew Zalesky;Nadia Solowij;Murat Yucel;Dan I Lubman

  • The Impact of Cannabis Use on Cognitive Functioning in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Meta-analysis of Existing Findings and New Data in a First-Episode Sample

    Murat Yücel;Emre Bora;Daniel I Lubman;Nadia Solowij

  • Differential impairments of selective attention due to frequency and duration of cannabis use

    Nadia Solowij;Patricia T. Michie;Allison M. Fox;Allison M. Fox

  • Verbal learning and memory in adolescent cannabis users, alcohol users and non-users

    Nadia Solowij;Katy Jones;Katy Jones;Megan Rozman;Sasha Davis

  • Computerized and Virtual Reality Cognitive Training for Individuals at High Risk of Cognitive Decline: Systematic Review of the Literature

    Hannah Coyle;Victoria Traynor;Nadia Solowij

  • Mega-Analysis of Gray Matter Volume in Substance Dependence: General and Substance-Specific Regional Effects

    Scott Mackey;Nicholas Allgaier;Bader Chaarani;Philip Spechler

  • Cannabis and cognitive dysfunction: parallels with endophenotypes of schizophrenia?

    Nadia Solowij;Patricia T. Michie

  • A transdiagnostic dimensional approach towards a neuropsychological assessment for addiction: an international Delphi consensus study

    Murat Yücel;Erin Oldenhof;Serge H. Ahmed;David Belin

  • The Role of Cannabinoids in Neuroanatomic Alterations in Cannabis Users

    Valentina Lorenzetti;Valentina Lorenzetti;Nadia Solowij;Murat Yücel;Murat Yücel

  • Understanding drug addiction: a neuropsychological perspective

    Murat Yücel;Dan I. Lubman;Nadia Solowij;Warrick J. Brewer

  • Do cognitive impairments recover following cessation of cannabis use

    Nadia Solowij

  • Effects of long-term cannabis use on selective attention: an event-related potential study.

    Nadia Solowij;Patricia T. Michie;Allison M. Fox

  • A randomised controlled trial of vaporised Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol alone and in combination in frequent and infrequent cannabis users: acute intoxication effects

    Nadia Solowij;Samantha J Broyd;Lisa-Marie Greenwood;Hendrika H van Hell

Frequent Co-Authors

Murat Yücel
Murat Yücel QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Valentina Lorenzetti
Valentina Lorenzetti Australian Catholic University
Dan I. Lubman
Dan I. Lubman Monash University
Patricia T. Michie
Patricia T. Michie University of Newcastle Australia
Janna Cousijn
Janna Cousijn Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rodney J. Croft
Rodney J. Croft University of Wollongong
Sarah Whittle
Sarah Whittle University of Melbourne
Anna E. Goudriaan
Anna E. Goudriaan University of Amsterdam
Rocío Martín-Santos
Rocío Martín-Santos University of Barcelona
Juanita Todd
Juanita Todd University of Newcastle Australia

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