Sex differences in associations between cannabis craving and neural responses to cannabis cues: Implications for treatment

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 238-246

  Wetherill, Reagan R ^a   Jagannathan, Kanchana ^a   Hager, Nathan ^a   Childress, Anna Rose ^a   Franklin, Teresa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Craving; Cues; Dependence; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BACKWARD MASKING; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LATERAL ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CANNABIS; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CANNABIS; CRAVING; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938568277     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pha0000036     Document Type: Article

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