Effects of prenatal marijuana on visuospatial working memory: An fMRI study in young adults

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 286-295

  Smith, Andra M ^a,c   Fried, Peter A ^b   Hogan, Matthew J ^c,d   Cameron, Ian ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Executive functioning; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Marijuana; Prefrontal cortex; Visuospatial working memory

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SUBICULUM; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CANNABIS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 33645413627     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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