Effects of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol administration on human encoding and recall memory function: A pharmacological fMRI study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 588-599

  Bossong, Matthijs G ^a   Jager, Gerry ^a,b   van Hell, Hendrika H ^a   Zuurman, Lineke ^c   Jansma, J Martijn ^a   Mehta, Mitul A ^d   van Gerven, Joop M A ^c   Kahn, René S ^a   Ramsey, Nick F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR HUMAN DRUG RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 HYDROXYDRONABINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EPISODIC MEMORY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856325892     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00156     Document Type: Article

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