Functional imaging studies in cannabis users

Neuroscientist

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 422-432

  Chang, Linda ^a   Chronicle, Edward P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Marijuana; MRI; Neuroimaging; PET

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; DRONABINOL;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COGNITION; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; CANNABIS; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MARIJUANA ABUSE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 34548783232     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858406296601     Document Type: Article

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