Title
Manipulating brain connectivity with δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol: A pharmacological resting state FMRI study.
Abstract
Resting state-functional magnetic resonance imaging (RS-FMRI) is a neuroimaging technique that allows repeated assessments of functional connectivity in resting state. While task-related FMRI is limited to indirectly measured drug effects in areas affected by the task, resting state can show direct CNS effects across all brain networks. Hence, RS-FMRI could be an objective measure for compounds affecting the CNS. Several studies on the effects of cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1)-receptor agonist δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on task-dependent FMRI have been performed. However, no studies on the effects of cannabinoids on resting state networks using RS-FMRI have been published. Therefore, we investigated the effects of THC on functional brain connectivity using RS-FMRI.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.07.051
NeuroImage
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Resting state FMRI,THC,Pharmacokinetics,Brain connectivity,CNS effects,Pharmacodynamics
Journal
63
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
1053-8119
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.46
0
7