Chronic use of cannabis and poor neural efficiency in verbal memory ability

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-330

  Battisti, Robert A ^a,b,c   Roodenrys, Steven ^a   Johnstone, Stuart J ^a   Respondek, Colleen ^a   Hermens, Daniel F ^a,c   Solowij, Nadia ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannabis; ERP; N4; Neural efficiency; Neuroadaptation; Subsequent memory effect

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953293407     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-1800-4     Document Type: Article

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