Effects of transdermally administered nicotine on aspects of attention, task load, and mood in women and men

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 639-645

  Trimmel, Michael ^a   Wittberger, Susanne ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attention; Mood; Nicotine; Selective attention; Sex differences; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SPEECH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICOTINE; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; NASA;

EID: 3142572475     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.04.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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