The effects of tetrahydrocannabinol on the recognition of emotionally charged words: An analysis using event-related brain potentials

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-111

  Leweke, Markus ^a   Kampmann, Christina ^a   Radwan, Maren ^a   Dietrich, Detlef E ^a   Johannes, Sänke ^a   Emrich, Hinderk M ^a   Münte, Thomas F ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cannabinoids; Emotion; Event related potentials; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 0031915221     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026487     Document Type: Article

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