Impairment of semantic and figural memory by acute ethanol: Age- dependent effects

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1437-1442

  Acheson, Shawn K ^a,b   Stein, Roy M ^a   Swartzwelder, H S ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age Dependence; Ethanol; Human; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0031758833     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03932.x     Document Type: Article

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