EEG deficits in chronic marijuana abusers during monitored abstinence: Preliminary findings

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 993, Issue , 2003, Pages 75-78

  Herning, Ronald I ^a   Better, Warren ^a   Tate, Kimberly ^a   Cadet, Jean L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG deficits; Marijuana abuse

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; PATIENT MONITORING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 0038389594     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07513.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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