Cognitive and subjective dose-response effects of acute oral Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in infrequent cannabis users

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-70

  Curran, Valerie H ^a   Brignell, Catherine ^a   Fletcher, Sally ^a   Middleton, Paul ^b   Henry, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Marijuana; Memory; Priming; Subjective effects; THC

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERROR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MENTAL RECALL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 0036399623     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1169-0     Document Type: Article

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