Impaired error awareness and anterior cingulate cortex hypoactivity in chronic cannabis users

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2450-2458

  Hester, Robert ^a   Nestor, Liam ^b   Garavan, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Drug addiction; Error related; Insula; Marijuana; Performance monitoring

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; ERROR; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MONITORING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RED NUCLEUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349131916     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2009.67     Document Type: Article

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