Involvement of the endocannabinoid system in reward processing in the human brain

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 981-990

  Van Hell, Hendrika H ^a   Jager, Gerry ^a,b   Bossong, Matthijs G ^a   Brouwer, Annelies ^a   Jansma, J Martijn ^a   Zuurman, Lineke ^c   Van Gerven, Joop ^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)

Author keywords

Addiction; Endocannabinoid system; fMRI; Monetary reward; Reward; THC

Indexed keywords

DRONABINOL;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANNABIS SMOKING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRAIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856652095     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2428-8     Document Type: Article

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