Neurobiological consequences of maternal cannabis on human fetal development and its neuropsychiatric outcome

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 259, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 395-412

  Jutras Aswad, Didier ^a,b   DiNieri, Jennifer A ^a   Harkany, Tibor ^c,d   Hurd, Yasmin L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptor; Drug addiction; Endocannabinoid; Schizophrenia; THC

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CLAUSTRUM; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ONTOGENY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RED NUCLEUS; REVIEW; REWARD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBICULUM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CANNABINOIDS; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 70349283010     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-009-0027-z     Document Type: Review

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