Cannabis dependence: Effects of cannabis consumption on inter-regional cerebral metabolic relationships in an Indian population

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 236-242

  Parkar, Shubhangi R ^a   Ramanathan, Seethalakshmi ^a   Nair, Narendra ^a,b   Batra, Shefali A ^a   Adarkar, Shilpa A ^a   Pandit, Anirudh G ^a,b   Kund, Purushottam ^a   Baghel, Nawab Singh ^a,b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

2 deoxy glucose positron emission tomography; 2 fluoro; Cannabis; inter regional metabolic relationships

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS;

EID: 77958057692     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.70976     Document Type: Article

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