Acute yohimbine increases laboratory-measured impulsivity in normal subjects

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1209-1211

  Swann, Alan C ^a,b   Birnbaum, Daniel ^a   Jagar, Ashley A ^a   Dougherty, Donald M ^a   Moeller, F Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous Performance Test; Human; Impulsivity; Norepinephrine; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; YOHIMBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEMORY; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 18144420407     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.02.007     Document Type: Article

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