Donepezil in a chronic drug user - A potential treatment?

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 561-564

  Jovanovski, Diana ^a   Zakzanis, Konstantine K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Cholinergic; Cognition; Donepezil; Drug

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; COCAINE; DONEPEZIL; LYSERGIDE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PAROXETINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; NAUSEA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ATTENTION; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INDANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PIPERIDINES;

EID: 0142042878     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.530     Document Type: Article

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