Effects of frequent marijuana use on brain tissue volume and composition

NeuroReport

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 491-498

  Block, Robert I ^a   O'Leary, Daniel S ^a   Ehrhardt, James C ^a   Augustinack, Jean C ^a,c   Ghoneim, M M ^a   Arndt, Stephan ^a   Hall, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral atrophy; Cerebrospinal fluid; Gary matter; Magnetic resonance imaging; Marijuana; Sex; Ventricles; White matter

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0034002710     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200002280-00013     Document Type: Article

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