The effect of lorazepam on long-term verbal recall in heavy and light social drinkers

Alcohol

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 455-461

  Nichols, Jennifer M ^a   Martin, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Free recall; Heavy social drinking; Lorazepam

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECALL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PLACEBOS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISION;

EID: 0030930761     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(96)00210-8     Document Type: Article

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