The influence of recency of use on fMRI response during spatial working memory in adolescent marijuana Users

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-412

  Schweinsburg, Alecia Dager ^a   Schweinsburg, Brian C ^a,b   Medina, Krista Lisdahl ^c   McQueeny, Tim ^c   Brown, Sandra A ^d,e   Tapert, Susan F ^d,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Brain; Functional MRI; Marijuana; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79551618878     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2010.10400703     Document Type: Article

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