The impact of early-onset cannabis use on functional brain correlates of working memory

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 837-845

  Becker, Benjamin ^a   Wagner, Daniel ^a   Gouzoulis Mayfrank, Euphrosyne ^a   Spuentrup, Elmar ^a   Daumann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Cannabis; FMRI; Neuromaturation; Parietal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CANNABIS SMOKING; DRUG EFFECTS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CANNABIS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77955052435     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.03.032     Document Type: Article

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