Individual differences in subjective responses to ethanol and triazolam

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-295

  Holdstock, L ^a   De Wit, Harriet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; GABA; Human; Individual differences; Subjective and objective effects; Triazolam

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; TRIAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0033063594     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199905000-00005     Document Type: Article

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