Gender effect on the right-left discrimination task in a sample of heroin-dependent patients

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 735-740

  Liu, Ning ^a,b,c   Li, Bo ^a,b   Wilson, Fraser A W ^a   Ma, Yuanye ^a,b   Hu, Xintian ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Addiction; Gender; Heroin; Right left discrimination

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRAWING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 25844435139     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0031-6     Document Type: Article

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