Effects of ethanol and temazepam on performance in memory and psychomotor tasks: A dose-response comparison

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-291

  Tiplady, B ^a,b   Faineteau, H ^a   Loganathan, A ^a   Spiegelberg, M ^a   Taylor, Z ^a   Wright, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Astra Clinical Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic processing; Control processing; Driving related skills; Ethanol; Memory; Psychomotor performance; Temazepam

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031802956     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1077(199806)13:4<285::AID-HUP997>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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