Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 40, 2012, Pages

  Meier, Madeline H ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b,c   Ambler, Antony ^c,d   Harrington, HonaLee ^a,b   Houts, Renate ^a,b   Keefe, Richard S E ^b   McDonald, Kay ^d   Ward, Aimee ^d   Poulton, Richie ^d   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cognition; Longitudinal; Marijuana

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICIT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 84867091431     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1206820109     Document Type: Article

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