Post-withdrawal changes in middle-latency auditory evoked potentials in abstinent human alcoholics

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 57-60

  Ahveninen, J ^a   Jaaskelainen I P ^a   Pekkonen, E ^a,b   Hallberg, A ^c   Hietanen, M ^a   Naatanen R ^a,b   Sillanaukee, P ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c A klinikkasaatio Finland   (Finland)

^d Alcohol Related Diseases   (Sweden)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Brain; Electroencephalography; Event related potentials; Middle latency auditory evoked potentials; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0344327086     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00378-X     Document Type: Article

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