High resolution brain spect imaging of marijuana smokers with AD/HD

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-214

  Amen, Daniel G ^a   Waugh, Martin ^b  

^a Amen Clinic for Behavioral Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral SPECT; Marijuana; Temporal lobe dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PERFUSION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031854666     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.1998.10399692     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Amen, D.G.; Paldi, J H. & Thisted, R. 1993. Evaluating ADHD with Brain SPECT Imaging. (letter) Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 32:1080-81.
2. Biederman, J.; Wilens, T.; Mick, E.; Milberger, S.; Spencer, T.J. & Faraone, S. V. 1995. Psychoactive substance use disorders in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Effects of ADHD and psychiatric comorbidity. American Journal of Psychiatry 152 (II): 1652-8.
3. Devous Sr. M.D. 1995. SPECT functional brain imaging. In: E.L. Kramer & J.J. Sanger (Eds.) Clinical SPECT Imaging. New York: Raven Press.
4. Ernst, M.; Liebenauer, L.L.; King, A.C.; Fitzgerald, G.A.; Cohen, R.M. & Zametkin, A.J. 1994. Reduced brain metabolism in hyperactive girls. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 33 (6): 858-68.
5. George, M.S. 1991. Neuroactivation and Neuroimaging with SPECT. New York, Berlin & Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
6. Gold, M.S. 1991. The Good News About Drugs and Alcohol. New York: Villard Books.
7. Gold, M.S. & Slaby, A.E. 1991. Dual Diagnosis in Substance Abuse. New York: Marcel Decker.
8. Hall, W. 1995. The health risks of cannabis. Australian Family Physician 24(7): 1237-40.
9. Kandel, E.R. & Schwartz, J.H. 1985. Principles of Neuroscience. New York: Elsevier.
10. Kao, CH.; Wang, S.J. & Yeh, S.H. 1994. Presentation of regional cerebral blood flow in amphetamine abusers by 99Tcm-HMPAO brain SPECT. Nuclear Medicine Communications 15 (2): 94-98.
11. Kaplan, HI. & Sadock, BJ. 1995. Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. Sixth Ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins.
12. Ketter, T.A.; George, M.S.; Ring, H.A.; Pazzaglia, P.; Marangell, L.; Kimbrell, T.A. & Post, R.M. 1994. Primary mood disorders: Structural and resting functional studies. Psychiatric Annals 24:637-42.
13. Kubota, K.; Yamaguchi, T.; Abe, Y.; Fujiwara, T.; Hatazawa, J. & Matsuzawa, T. 1983. Effects of smoking on cerebral blood flow in neurologically normal subjects. Stroke 14:720-24.
14. Lou, H.C.; Henriksen, L. & Bruhn, P. 1990. Focal cerebral dysfunction in developmental learning disabilities. Lancet 335 (8680): 8-11.
15. Lou, H.C.; Henriksen, L. & Bruhn, P. 1984. Focal cerebral hypoperfusion in children with dysphasia and/or attention deficit disorder. Archives of Neurology 41 (8): 825-9.
16. Lubar, J.F. 1991. Discourse on the development of EEG diagnostics and biofeedback for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorders. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation 16:201-25.
17. Luria, A.R. 1969. Frontal lobe syndromes. In: A. Vincker & G. Bruyn (Eds.) Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Vol. 2. New York: Elsevier, North Holland.
18. Mann, C.A.; Lubar, J.F. & Zimmerman, A.W. 1992. Quantitative analysis of EEG in boys with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder: Controlled study with clinical applications. Pediatric Neurology 8:30-36.
19. Matthew, R.J. & Wilson, W.H. 1991. Substance abuse and cerebral blood flow. American Journal of Psychiatry 148 (3): 292-305.
20. Matthew, R.J.; Burger, C. & Tant, S.R. 1986. Regional cerebral blood flow in marijuana smokers. British Journal of Addiction 81:567-71.
21. Matthew, R.J.; Wilson, W.H. & Tant, S.R. 1989. Acute changes in cerebral blood flow associated with marijuana smoking. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 79: 118-28.
22. Mena, I.; Giombetti, R.J.; Miller, B.L.; Garrett, K.; Villanueva-Meyer, J.; Mody, C. & Goldberg, M.A. 1994. Cerebral blood flow changes with acute cocaine intoxication: Clinical correlations with SPECT, CT, and MRI. In: H. Sorer & R. Rapaka (Eds.) Imaging Techniques in Medications Development: Preclinical and Clinical Aspects. NIDA Research Monograph No. 138. Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
23. O'Tuama, L.A. & Treves, S T. 1993. Brain single photon emission computed tomography for behavior disorders in children. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine 23:255-63.
24. Pope, H.G. Jr. & Yurgelun-Todd, D. 1996. The residual cognitive effects ofheavy marijuana use in college students. Journal of the American Medical Association 275 (7): 521-7.
25. Raichle, M.E.; Grubb, R.L. & Gado, M.H. 1976. Correlation between regional cerebral blood flow and oxidative metabolism. Archives of Neurology 33:523-26.
26. Schuckit, M.A.; Jobst, K.A.; George, M.S.; Van Heertum, R.L. & Mendelson, J.H. 1995. Difficult differential diagnoses in psychiatry: The clinical use of SPECT. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 56:53942.
27. Schwartz, J.A.; Speed, N.M; Gross, M.D.; Lucey, M.R.; Bazakis, A.M.; Hariharan, M. & Beresford, T.P. 1993. Acute effects of alcohol administration on regional cerebral blood flow: The role of acetate. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research 17 (6): 1119-23.
28. Sieg, K.G.; Gaffney, G.R.; Preston, D.F. & Hellings, J.A. 1995. SPECT brain imaging abnormalities in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Clinical Nuclear Medicine 20 (I): 55-60.
29. Shih, W.J. 1993. Volume and surface three-dimensional displays ofTc-99m HMPAO brain SPECT imaging in a chronic hypnosedative abuser. Clinical Nuclear Medicine 18 (6): 506-9.
30. Solowij, N. 1995. Do cognitive impainnents recover following cessation of cannabis use? Life Sciences 56 (23-24): 2119-26.
31. Spunt, B.; Goldstein, P.; Brownstein, H. & Fendrich, M. 1994. The role of marijuana in homicide. International Journal of the Addictions 29 (2): 195-213.
32. Strickland, T.L. & Mena, I. 1993. Cerebral perfusion and neuropsychological consequences of chronic cocaine use. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 5 (4): 419-27.
33. Tumeth, S.S.; Nagel, J.S.; English, R.J.; Moore, M. & Holman, B.L. 1990. Cerebral abnormalities in cocaine abusers: Demonstration by SPECT perfusion brain scintigraphy. Radiology 176:821-24.
34. Tunving, K. 1985. Psychiatric effects of cannabis use. Psychiatria Scandia 72:209-17.
35. Williams, J.H.; Wellman, N.A. & Rawlins, J.N. 1996. Cannabis use correlates with schizotypy in healthy people. Addiction 91 (6): 86977.
36. Yamada, T.; Kendix, M. & Yamada, T. 1996. The impact of alcohol consumption and marijuana use on high school graduation. Health Economics 5 (1): 77-92.
37. Zametkin, A.J.; Nordahl, T.E. & Gross, M. 1990. Cerebral glucose metabolism in adults with hyperactivity of childhood onset. New England Journal of Medicine 323:1361-366.