Cannabis use in pregnancy and early life and its consequences: Animal models

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 259, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 383-393

  Schneider, Miriam ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal models; Cannabinoids; CB1 receptor; Postnatal; Pregnancy; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CANNABINOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; MORPHINE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ANXIETY; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COGNITION; DRUG EXPOSURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEEDING; FIGHTING; FOOD INTAKE; GROOMING; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY DISORDER; NEONATAL STRESS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349295197     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-009-0026-0     Document Type: Review

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