Default Mode Network in the Effects of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on Human Executive Function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Bossong, Matthijs G ^a,b   Jansma, J Martijn ^a   van Hell, Hendrika H ^a   Jager, Gerry ^a,c   Kahn, René S ^a   Ramsey, Nick F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; ENDOCANNABINOID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRONABINOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GYRUS CINGULI; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881179860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070074     Document Type: Article

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