Acute effects of alprazolam on risky decision making in humans

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 364-373

  Lane, Scott D ^a,b   Tcheremissine, Oleg V ^a   Lieving, Lori M ^a   Nouvion, Sylvain ^b   Cherek, Don R ^a,b  

^a UTHSC Houston ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alprazolam; Decision making; GABA A; Human; Laboratory experiment; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; TABLETS;

EID: 27144476455     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-2265-8     Document Type: Article

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