Brain glucose metabolism in chronic marijuana users at baseline and during marijuana intoxication

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-38

  Volkow, Nora D ^a,b   Gillespie, Hampton ^c   Mullani, Nizar ^c   Tancredi, Lawrence ^c   Grant, Cathel ^c   Valentine, Allan ^c   Hollister, Leo ^c  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cerebellum; Delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol; Orbitofrontal cortex; Positron emission tomography; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030048483     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4927(96)02817-X     Document Type: Article

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