Effects of fentanyl and low doses of alcohol on neuropsychological performance in healthy subjects

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-43

  Schneider, Udo ^a   Bevilacqua, Carmine ^b   Jacobs, Roland ^b   Karst, Matthias ^b   Dietrich, Detlef E ^b   Becker, Hinnerk ^b   Müller Vahl, Kirsten R ^b   Seeland, Irina ^b   Gielsdorf, Dirk ^b   Schedlowski, Manfred ^b   Emrich, Hinderk M ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cognition; Fentanyl; Impairment; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FENTANYL; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTENTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; FENTANYL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032904636     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026558     Document Type: Article

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