Cognitive enhancing effects of modafinil in healthy volunteers

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 260-269

  Turner, Danielle C ^a   Robbins, Trevor W ^b   Clark, Luke ^b   Aron, Adam R ^a   Dowson, Jonathan ^a   Sahakian, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Dopamine; Methylphenidate; Modafinil; Noradrenaline; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0345103767     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1250-8     Document Type: Article

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