Cannabinoid modulations of resting state EEG theta power and working memory are correlated in humans

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1906-1916

  Böcker, Koen B E ^a   Hunault, Claudine C ^b   Gerritsen, Jeroen ^a   Kruidenier, Maaike ^b   Mensinga, Tjeert T ^b   Kenemans, J Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; DRONABINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANNABINOIDS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REST; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956362462     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21355     Document Type: Article

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