Marijuana use is associated with a reorganized visual-attention network and cerebellar hypoactivation

Brain

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1096-1112

  Chang, L ^a   Yakupov, R ^a   Cloak, C ^a   Ernst, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention network; Cannabis; Cerebellum

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABIS;

ABSTINENCE; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 33646237809     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl064     Document Type: Article

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