Acute participant-rated and behavioral effects of alprazolam and buspirone, alone and in combination with ethanol, in normal volunteers

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-38

  Rush, Craig R ^a,b   Griffiths, Roland R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; BUSPIRONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR; BREATH TESTS; BUSPIRONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031026693     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.5.1.28     Document Type: Article

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