Lorazepam substitutes for the alcohol stimulus in social drinkers

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-187

  Jackson, Anne ^a   Stephens, David N ^a   Duka, Theodora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drug discrimination; Human; Lorazepam; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; VERTIGO; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037338170     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1294-9     Document Type: Article

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