Structural Network Topology Revealed by White Matter Tractography in Cannabis Users: A Graph Theoretical Analysis

Brain Connectivity

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 473-483

  Kim, Dae Jin ^a   Skosnik, Patrick D ^b,c   Cheng, hu ^a   Pruce, Ben J ^a   Brumbaugh, Margaret S ^a   Vollmer, Jennifer M ^b   Hetrick, William P ^a   O'donnell, Brian F ^a   Sporns, Olaf ^a   Puce, Aina ^a   Newman, Sharlene D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

cannabis; delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol; deterministic tractography; diffusion tensor imaging; graph theory; network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873613630     PISSN: 21580014     EISSN: 21580022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/brain.2011.0053     Document Type: Article

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