Cannabinoid modulation of amygdala subregion functional connectivity to social signals of threat

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Gorka, Stephanie M ^a   Fitzgerald, Daniel A ^a,b   De Wit, Harriet ^c   Phan, K Luan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Functional connectivity; Social threat; 9 tetrahydrocannabinol

Indexed keywords

DRONABINOL; PLACEBO; OXYGEN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN REGION; CENTROMEDIAL AMYGDALA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUPERFICIAL AMYGDALA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRONABINOL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85005915274     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyu104     Document Type: Article

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