Effects of ethanol and nitrous oxide, alone and in combination, on mood, psychomotor performance and pain reports in healthy volunteers

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-123

  Zacny, James P ^a   Camarillo, Veronica M ^a   Sadeghi, Parvine ^a   Matthew Black, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Cognition; Ethanol; Human; Mood; Nitrous oxide; Pain; Psychomotor; Subjective effect

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG SYNERGISM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NITROUS OXIDE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032191151     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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