Effects of chronic marijuana use on brain activity during monetary decision-making

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 618-629

  Vaidya, Jatin G ^a   Block, Robert I ^a   O'Leary, Daniel S ^a   Ponto, Laura B ^a   Ghoneim, Mohamed M ^a   Bechara, Antoine ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cerebellum; chronic use; decision making; marijuana; PET; ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CEREBELLUM; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MONEY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84855879313     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2011.227     Document Type: Article

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