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Neurology and Neurotherapy ISSN: 2378-3001

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Hernandez JF, Marin JH, Naranjo L, Rodriguez, Ramirez SF (2019) Changes in Connectivity between Caudate and Frontal Lobe in Patient with Psychosis Induced for Cannabis - Case Report. Int J Neurol Neurother 6:082. doi.org/10.23937/2378-3001/1410082

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© 2019 Hernandez JF, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

CASE REPORT | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/2378-3001/1410082

Changes in Connectivity between Caudate and Frontal Lobe in Patient with Psychosis Induced for Cannabis - Case Report

Hernandez JF1*, Marin JH2, Naranjo L3, Rodriguez4 and Ramirez SF5

1Neurologist, Hospital Universitario Infantil de San Jose, Hospital Militar Central, Bogota, Colombia

2Neuroradiologist, Hospital Universitario Infantil de San Jose, Bogota, Colombia

3Neurology Resident Program-III, Fundación Universitaria de ciencias de la salud, Bogotá, Colombia

4Psychiatrist, Professor, Head Psychiatry Department, Hospital Universitario Infantil de San Jose, Fundacion Universitaria de ciencias de la salud, Bogota Colombia

5Neurologist, Professor, Neurophysiology, Hospital Universitario Infantil de San Jose, Bogota Colombia, Fundaciòn Universitaria de ciencias de la salud, Bogotà Colombia

Abstract

The use of marihuana is becoming more frequent in young people, the association between psychosis and cannabis has been described, especially in young people, we present a clinical case of psychosis associated with cannabis in a young man with normal Brain Magnetic resonance, but abnormalities in tractography mainly in the connectivity between cuadate nucleus and frontal lobe.