Impairment of inhibitory control processing related to acute psychotomimetic effects of cannabis.
European Neuropsychopharmacology January 2015 Sagnik Bhattacharyya, Zerrin Atakan, Rocío Martín‐Santos et al.
Cannabis use can induce acute psychotic symptoms and increase the risk of schizophrenia. Impairments in inhibitory control and processing are known to occur both under the influence of cannabis and in schizophrenia. Whether cannabis-induced impairment in inhibitory processing is related to the acute induction of psychotic symptoms under its influence is unclear. We investigated the effects of...
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2014.11.018 (opens in new tab)
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Cannabis
THC
Functional MRI
Inferior frontal gyrus
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