Impact of cannabis use on brain function in adolescents.
Cannabis is the most common illicit substance used by adolescents. This paper reports results of a pilot study using fMRI and a working memory task to compare brain function of adolescent cannabis users to that of two control groups, one matched for tobacco use and the other for nonsmokers.
Jacobsen
Leslie K
LK
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. leslie.jacobsen@yale.edu
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W Einar
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Westerveld
Michael
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Pugh
Kenneth R
KR
D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002188:Cannabis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*