Does haloperidol block methylphenidate? Motivation or attention?

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-74

  Levy, Florence ^a   Hobbes, Garry ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activation; ADHD; Attention; Motivation

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; MOTIVATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REWARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DOPAMINE AGENTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0029949846     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02246413     Document Type: Article

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