Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) is a simple tool for detecting executive deficits in chronic cannabis users

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 523-531

  Fontes, Maria Alice ^a,f   Bolla, Karen I ^b   Cunha, Paulo Jannuzzi ^c   Almeida, Priscila Previato ^a   Jungerman, Flávia ^a   Laranjeira, Ronaldo Ramos ^a   Bressan, Rodrigo A ^a   Lacerda, Acioly L T ^a,d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Sinapse de Neurocie ncias Clínicas   (Brazil)

^e Centro de Pesquisa e Ensaios Clínicos Sinapse Bairral   (Brazil)

^f NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cognition; Executive cognitive functions; Marijuana; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 GROUP II;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GROUP II PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958080412     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2010.535505     Document Type: Article

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