Neural mechanisms of risky decision-making and reward response in adolescent onset cannabis use disorder

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-145

  De Bellis, Michael D ^a,b,c   Wang, Lihong ^b,d   Bergman, Sara R ^b   Yaxley, Richard H ^a   Hooper, Stephen R ^a,e   Huettel, Scott A ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Behavioral risk; Cannabis use disorder; Decision making; Orbitofrontal cortex; Reward response

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REWARD; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE;

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENCE; BEHAVIORAL RISK; CANNABIS USE DISORDER; DECISION-MAKING; ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; REMISSION INDUCTION; REWARD; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84884411054     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.05.020     Document Type: Article

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