Psychophysiological stress response dampening effects of alcohol: A comparison of women and men from families with and without a history of alcoholism;Psychophysiologische streßdämpfungseffekte von alkohol: Vergleich von frauen und männern mit und ohne alkoholkrankheit in der familie

Journal fur Neurologie, Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-26

  Croissant, Bernhard ^a,b   Olbrich, R ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Zentral Inst Seelische Gesundheit ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol challenge; Gender effect; Psychophysiological laboratory experiment; Stress response dampening hypotheses; Subjects at risk

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037243374     PISSN: 16081587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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