Early and Middle Latency Evoked Potentials in Medically and Psychiatrically Normal Daily Marihuana Users: A Paucity of Significant Findings

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-31

  Patrick, G ^a,c   Straumanis, J J ^a,d   Struve, F A ^a,c   Fitz Gerald, M J ^a,b   Manno, J E ^a,e  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b LSUMC Psychiatry Department   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evoked Potentials; Marihuana; THC

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031030884     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005949702800105     Document Type: Article

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