EEG of chronic marijuana users during abstinence: Relationship to years of marijuana use, cerebral blood flow and thyroid function

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 321-331

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

ASPD; Cardiovascular function; Cerebral blood flow velocity; Marijuana; Prolonged marijuana abuse; Psychological tests; Resting EEG; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVALUATION; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 37549038704     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.09.140     Document Type: Article

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