δ9tetrahydrocannabinol impairs visuo-spatial associative learning and spatial working memory in rhesus macaques

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1299-1306

  Taffe, Michael A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Macaca mulatta; marijuana; memory

Indexed keywords

DRONABINOL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING CURVE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RANDOMIZATION; RHESUS MONKEY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866246892     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881112443743     Document Type: Article

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