The CB1 neutral antagonist tetrahydrocannabivarin reduces default mode network and increases executive control network resting state functional connectivity in healthy volunteers

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-7

  Rzepa, Ewelina ^a   Tudge, Luke ^a   McCabe, Ciara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabinoids; Default mode; FMRI; Obesity; Resting state; Reward

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; RIMONABANT; TETRAHYDROCANNABIVARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; DRONABINOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABIVARIN 9;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DORSAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; DORSOMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; RESTING STATE NETWORK; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRONABINOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979221720     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyv092     Document Type: Article

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