Acute behavioral effects of estazolam and triazolam in non-drug-abusing volunteers

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 300-307

  Rush, Craig R ^a   Madakasira, Sudhakar ^a   Goldman, Nancy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTAZOLAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERFORMANCE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEDATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0029845966     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.4.3.300     Document Type: Article

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