Alterations to pre-pulse inhibition (PPI) in chronic cannabis users are secondary to sustained attention deficits

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-484

  Scholes, Kirsty Elizabeth ^a,b   Martin Iverson, Mathew Thomas ^a,b  

^a GRAYLANDS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Cannabis; Cognition; Pre pulse inhibition; Schizophrenia; Startle

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; CANNABIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STARTLE REACTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 71349083175     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-009-1679-0     Document Type: Article

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