Intoxicated behavioral disinhibition and the heart rate response to alcohol

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 377-388

  Assaad, Jean Marc ^a,d   Pihl, Robert O ^b   Séguin, Jean R ^a   Nagin, Daniel S ^c   Vitaro, Frank ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol intoxication; Behavioral disinhibition; Heart rate response to alcohol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ERROR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; QUEBEC;

EID: 33747617795     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.14.3.377     Document Type: Article

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