Why So Impulsive? White Matter Alterations Are Associated With Impulsivity in Chronic Marijuana Smokers

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-242

  Gruber, Staci A ^a,b   Silveri, Marisa M ^a,b   Dahlgren, Mary Kathryn ^a   Yurgelun Todd, Deborah ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Diffusion tensor imaging; Impulsivity; Marijuana; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BARRATT IMPULSIVITY SCALE; BRAIN REGION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; RATING SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959298810     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023034     Document Type: Article

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