Amphetamine Primes Motivation to Gamble and Gambling-Related Semantic Networks in Problem Gamblers

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 195-207

  Zack, Martin ^a,b   Poulos, Constantine X ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Gambling; Memory activation; Psychomotor stimulants

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMPHETAMINE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; READING; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0347318190     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300333     Document Type: Article

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