Chronic use of cannabis and poor neural efficiency in verbal memory ability.
Psychopharmacology May 2010 Robert A Battisti, Steven Roodenrys, Stuart J Johnstone et al.
The endogenous cannabinoid system is sensitive to the introduction of exogenous cannabinoids such as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, which are known to impact upon memory functioning. We sought to examine the impact of chronic cannabis use upon memory-related brain function via examination of the subsequent memory effect (SME) of the event-related potential (ERP). The SME is predictive of recall...