Neural responses to subliminally presented cannabis and other emotionally evocative cues in cannabis-dependent individuals

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1397-1407

  Wetherill, Reagan R ^a   Childress, Anna Rose ^a,b   Jagannathan, Kanchana ^a   Bender, Julian ^a   Young, Kimberly A ^a   Suh, Jesse J ^a,b   O'Brien, Charles P ^a,b   Franklin, Teresa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cannabis craving; Cannabis cues; Marijuana craving; Marijuana cues; Neuroimaging; Reward; Subliminal

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT; ADDICTION; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REWARD; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896489060     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3342-z     Document Type: Article

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