Nicotine's effects on attentional efficiency in alcoholics

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2083-2091

  Jo Nixon, Sara ^a   Lawton Craddock, Andrea ^b   Tivis, Rick ^c   Ceballos, Natalie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LYNN HEALTH SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Statistically Speaking LLP   (United States)

^d TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Nicotine; Alcoholism; Cognitive Efficiency; Neurocognition

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION; COMORBIDITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NICOTINE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 36349010780     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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