Acute effects of gabapentin on laboratory measures of aggressive and escape responses of adult parolees with and without a history of conduct disorder

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 405-412

  Cherek, Don R ^a   Tcheremissine, Oleg V ^a   Lane, Scott D ^a   Pietras, Cynthia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Escape; GABA; Gabapentin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SEDATION; STIMULATION;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMINES; CONDUCT DISORDER; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 1042300327     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1590-z     Document Type: Article

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