The relationship between two intermediate phenotypes for alcoholism: Low voltage alpha EEG and low P300 ERP amplitude

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 509-517

  Enoch, Mary Anne ^a   White, Kenneth V ^a   Harris, Claudia R ^a   Rohrbaugh, John W ^a   Goldman, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALCOHOLISM; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0036744335     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2002.63.509     Document Type: Article

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