Evidence of acoustic startle hyperreflexia in recently detoxified early onset male alcoholics: Modulation by yohimbine and m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP)

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-215

  Krystal, John H ^a,b   Webb, Elizabeth ^a   Grillon, Christian ^a   Cooney, Ned ^a   Casal, Lisa ^a   Morgan III, C A ^a   Southwick, Steven M ^a   Davis, Michael ^a,b   Charney, Dennis S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol dependence; Ethanol withdrawal; m Chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP); Noradrenalin; Serotonin; Startle; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

(3 CHLOROPHENYL)PIPERAZINE; ALCOHOL; YOHIMBINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STARTLE REFLEX; WHITE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; MALE; PIPERAZINES; REACTION TIME; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; STARTLE REACTION; TEMPERANCE; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0030795682     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050285     Document Type: Article

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