Functional consequences of marijuana use in adolescents

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 559-565

  Jacobus, J ^d   Bava, S ^b,c   Cohen Zion, M ^b,f   Mahmood, O ^b,e   Tapert, S F ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cannabis; Drug abuse; Magnetic resonance imaging; Marijuana; Neuropsychological assessment; Sleep; THC

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; NICOTINE;

ABSTINENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMOTIONALITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LEARNING; MOOD CHANGE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; DYSSOMNIAS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RISK-TAKING; SLEEP;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 67349173725     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.04.001     Document Type: Review

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