Absinthe, The Nervous System and Painting

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2006, Pages 271-278

  Rekand, Tiina ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA THUYONE; BETA-THUJONE; TERPENE;

ABSINTHE; ADDICTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FRANCE; HALLUCINATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; PAINTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; VISION;

ABSINTHE; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FRANCE; HALLUCINATIONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MONOTERPENES; NERVE DEGENERATION; PAINTINGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646760618     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(06)74019-3     Document Type: Review

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